Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  FRE GER
The sheep's in the meadow, 
  The cow's in the corn,
Thou's overlong in thy bed, 
  Bonny at morn,
    Canny at night,
Thou's overlong in thy bed,
  Bonny at morn.

The bird's in the nest, 
  The trout's in the burn;
Thou hinders thy mother 
  In many a turn.
    Canny at night, 
  Bonny at morn,
Thou's ower lang in thy bed,
  Bonny at morn.

We're all laid idle 
  Wi' keeping the bairn,
The lad will not work
and the lass will not learn.
    Canny at night, 
  Bonny at morn,
Thou's ower lang in thy bed,
  Bonny at morn.

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Beau le matin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Niedlich am Morgen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 107