by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Heinrich Julius Heintze (1811 - 1860)

Montgomerie's Peggy
Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  FRE
Choose for Diff
Altho' my bed were in yon muir,
Amang the heather, in my plaidie;
Yet happy, happy would I be,
Had I my dear Montgomerie's Peggy.

When o'er the hill beat surly storms,
And winter nights were dark and rainy;
I'd seek some dell, and in my arms
I'd shelter dear Montgomerie's Peggy.

Were I a baron proud and high,
And horse and servants waiting ready;
Then a' 'twad gie o' joy to me, --
The sharin't with Montgomerie's Peggy.

Confirmed with Robert Burns, The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1919, page 455.


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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Scottish (Scots) 
Wär' auch mein Lager jenes Moor,
In meinem Plaid auf wilder Haide,
Ich wollte glücklich, glücklich sein,
Hätt' ich mein süß' Montgomery-Gretchen.

Braust um die Höhen wild der Sturm,
Wär schwarz die Winternacht und bange,
Dann sucht' ein Thal ich, und mein Arm
Beschirmte süß Montgomery-Gretchen.

Wär' ich ein König stolz und gross,
Und harrten Rosse mein und Diener,
Dann wär' es meine einzige Lust,
Zu theilen mit Montgomery-Gretchen.

Note for line 1: in the Franz score the typo "jener" appears instead of "jenes".

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    Set to music by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Montgomery-Gretchen", op. 4 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 5, published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner

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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-03
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