by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Our translations: ENG
O, wha is she that loes me
And has my heart a-keeping?
O, sweet is she that lo'es me,
As dews o' summer weeping,
In tears the rosebuds steeping!
Refrain: O, that's the lassie o' my heart,
My lassie ever dearer!
O, she's the queen o' womankind,
And ne'er a ane to peer her!
If thou shalt meet a lassie,
In grace and beauty charming,
That e'en thy chosen lassie,
Erewhile thy breast sae warming,
Had ne'er sic powers alarming :
Refrain
...
If thou hast met this fair one,
When frae her thou hast parted,
If every other fair one
But her, thou hast deserted,
And thou art broken-hearted,
Refrain.
Composition:
- Set to music by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Morag", Hob. XXXIa:143bis, JHW XXXII/3 no. 254, stanzas 1-2,4
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "O, wat ye wha that lo'es me"
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- ENG English (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-08
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Word count: 138