by
Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Eppie Adair
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Available translation(s): FRE
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!
Confirmed with
The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 227.
GLOSSARY
Eppie = diminutive form of the name Elspeth.
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- 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: 51
Eppie Adair
Language: French (Français)  after the Scottish (Scots)
Refrain
Et oh, ma Eppie
Mon trésor, ma Eppie !
Comment ne pas être heureux
Avec Eppie Adair ?
Sur l'amour et la beauté,
Sur la loi et le devoir,
Je jure d'être fidèle
À ma Eppie Adair !
Que tous les plaisirs me quittent,
Que le déshonneur m'avilisse
Si jamais je te trompe,
Ma Eppie Adair !
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Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Eppie Adair"
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 58