Je suis la seule enfant de ma maman

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

I'm o'er young to marry yet

(Sung text for setting by J. Haydn)

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Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: FRE

I am my mammy's ae bairn,
  Wi' unco folk I weary, sir;
And lying in a man's bed,
 I'm fley'd it make me eerie, sir.
     I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young,
       I'm o'er young to marry yet;
     I'm o'er young, 'twad be a sin
       To tak me frae my mammy yet.

 ... 

Hallowmass is come and gane,
  The nights are lang in winter, sir,
And you an' I in ae bed,
  In trowth, I dare na venture, Sir.
     I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young... etc.

Fu' loud and shill the frosty wind
  Blaws thro' the leafless timmer, sir;
But if ye come this gate again,
  I'll be aulder be gin simmer, sir.
     I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young... etc.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4 of the original text.

Confirmed with Burns, Robert, Poems and Songs. Vol. VI, The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909–14; Bartleby.com, 2001. www.bartleby.com/6/207.html.

Composition:

(Franz) Joseph Haydn

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song -- I'm o'er young to marry yet"

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Je suis la seule enfant de ma maman

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Haydn)

See original

Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)

Je suis la seule enfant de ma maman,
  Être avec des personnes inconnues m'inquiète, Monsieur,
Et être couchée dans le lit d'un homme,
  Je crains que cela me rende timorée, Monsieur.
    Je suis trop jeune, je suis trop jeune
      Je suis trop jeune pour me marier déjà ;
    Je suis trop jeune, ce serait un péché
      De m'enlever déjà à ma maman.

 ... 

Avec force et stridence le vent froid
  Souffle dans les arbres sans feuilles, Monsieur ;
Mais si vous repassez par là, Monsieur,
  Je serai plus âgée quand reviendra l'été, Monsieur.
    Je suis trop jeune, ...

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