Chorus An' O my Eppie, My jewel, my Eppie! Wha wad na be happy Wi' Eppie Adair? By love and by beauty, By law and by duty, I swear to be true to My Eppie Adair! A' pleasure exile me, Dishonour defile me, If e'er I beguile thee, My Eppie Adair!
GLOSSARY
Eppie = diminutive form of the name Elspeth.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Eppie Adair" [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):
- by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "Eppie Adair", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Eppie Adair ", JHW. XXXII/1 no. 74, Hob. XXXIa no. 74 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Eppie Adair" ; composed by Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Eppie Adair", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-04
Line count: 13
Word count: 50
O Eppie, mein Leben! Mein Kleinod, mein Streben! Wer möchte nicht leben Mit Eppie Adair? Dir weih' ich, o Liebe, Die zärtlichsten Triebe, Die treueste Liebe, Mein' Eppie Adair! O Eppie, mein Leben! Mein Kleinod, mein Streben! Wer möchte nicht leben Mit Eppie Adair? Mich quäle die Lüge Mit Marter und Rüge, Wenn je ich betrüge Mein' Eppie Adair!
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Robert Burns' Gedichte von W. Gerhard, Leipzig, Verlag von Johann Ambr. Barth, 1841, page 136.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Eppie Adair" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Eppie Adair"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath (1818 - 1896), "O Eppie, mein Leben!", op. 3 (6 Lieder von R. Burns für Tenor oder Sopran) no. 1, published 1841 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-07-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 59