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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Twa bonny lads were Sandy and Jockie

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: FRE

Twa bonny lads were Sandy and Jockie; 
Jockie was lo'ed, but Sandy unlucky;
Jockie was laird baith of hills and of vallies, 
But Sandy was naught but the king of gude fellows. 

Jockie lo'ed Madgie, for Madgie had money;
And Sandy lo'ed Mary, for Mary was bonny. 
Ane wedded for love, ane wedded for treasure,
So Jockie had siller, and Sandy had pleasure.

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Tune: Jenny's lamentation

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Twa bony lads were Sandy and Jockie" [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Jockie and Sandy", JHW. XXXII/1 no. 91, Hob. XXXIa no. 91. [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Sandy et Jockie était deux jolis gars", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 63

Sandy et Jockie était deux jolis gars

Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)

Sandy et Jockie était deux jolis gars ;
Jockie était aimé, mais Sandy malchanceux ;
Jockie était propriétaire de coteaux et de vallées,
Mais Sandy n'était que le roi des bons camarades.

Jockie aimait Madgie, car Madgie avait de l'argent ;
Et Sandie aimait Mary, car Mary était belle.
L'un se maria pa amour, l'autre se maria pour le trésor,
Ainsi Jockie eut l'argent et Sandy le plaisir.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Scottish (Scots) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Twa bony lads were Sandy and Jockie"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 65