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My Love's a winsome wee thing

Set by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "My Love's a winsome wee thing", Hob. XXXIa:268, JHW XXXII/4 no. 277 [Sung Text]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.


My Love's a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing,
She has promis'd right soon to be mine.
I never saw a fairer,
I never lo'ed a dearer,
And neist my heart I'll wear her,
For fear my jewel tine.

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It is based on

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My wife's a winsome wee thing"
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Glossary:
Winsome = desirable
Neist = next
Tine = will be lost

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani



O blessings on my wee thing,
My kindly blythesome wee thing,
With the hand and heart o' my wee thing,
My lot will be almost divine.
In Roslin's fairest bower,
I'll shelter this sweet flower,
Nae blast nor sleety shower
Shall blight this rose of mine.
 
I doat on ilka feature
Of this dear artless creature,
This darling child of Nature,
More precious than light to my eye.
In vain I've roam'd for pleasure,
Through follies without measure;
But now I've found a treasure
Too rich for a king to buy.

Text Authorship:

  • by George Thomson

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Glossary: ilka = each, every

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani


Author(s): George Thomson , [More than can fit here]
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