by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Stay my charmer
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Stay my charmer, can you leave me? Cruel, cruel to deceive me; Well you know how much you grieve me; Cruel charmer, can you go! Cruel charmer, can you go! By my love so ill-requited, By the faith you fondly plighted, By the pangs of lovers slighted, Do not, do not liave me so! Do not, do not leave me so!
Tune: An gille dubh ciar-dhubh.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Stay my charmer", written 1788 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (1824 - 1888) , "Bleib’ mein Trauter!" ; composed by Siegmund von Hausegger.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Zůstaň, hochu"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-18
Line count: 10
Word count: 61