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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

I'm o'er young to marry yet
 (Sung text for setting by J. Haydn)
 See original
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:

    Set to music by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "I'm o'er young to marry yet", JHW. XXXII/1 no. 30, Hob. XXXIa no. 30, stanzas 1,3-4

Text Authorship:

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

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 156

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