by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  FRE
Bonie lassie, will ye go,
    Will ye go, will ye go,
    Bonie lassie, will ye go
    To the birks of Aberfeldy?

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The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers,
White o'er the linns the burnie pours,
And rising weets wi' misty showers
The birks of Aberfeldy.
Bonie lassie, &c.
GLOSSARY

Birks = birch trees
Braes = hillsides
Shaws = woody groves by a water side
Linns = waterfalls

Composition:

    Set to music by Harriet Abrams (1758? - 1821?), "Birks of Aberfeldy", published c1795, stanzas 1,5 [ three-part chorus a cappella ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Bílé břízy"
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Les bouleaux d'Abergeldy", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-29
Line count: 29
Word count: 153