by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Ay waukin, O
Language: Scottish (Scots)
CHORUS
Ay waukin, O,
Waukin still and weary:
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.
Simmer 's a pleasant time:
Flowers of every colour,
The water rins owre the lieugh,
And I long for my true lover.
When I sleep I dream,
When I wank I 'm eerie,
Sleep I can get nane
For thinkin on my dearie.
Lanely night comes on,
A' the lave are sleepin,
I think on my bonie lad.
And I bleer my een wi' greetin.
CHORUS
Ay waukin, O,
Waukin still and weary:
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 217.See also this anonymous poem.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Ay waking, O!" [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 John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Aye Waking O!", op. 451 (1956) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Caspara Preezmann (1792 - 1876) ; composed by Peter Arnold Heise.
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