by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
She is a winsome wee thing
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Our translations: FRE
She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine ! I never saw a fairer, I never lo'ed a dearer, And niest my heart I'll wear her, For fear my jewel tine. She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine ! The warld's wrack, we share o't, The warsle and the care o't, Wi' her I'll blithely bear it, And think my lot divine.
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Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1864, page 139-140.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My wife's a winsome wee thing" [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 ?, Mrs. Miles of Bath (flourished 1815-1842), "The bonnie wee wife", published 1825? [ voice and piano ], London : J. Willis & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Scottish (Scots), [adaptation] ; composed by Joseph Haydn.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Je samý žert a hříčka"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mon amour est une désirable petite chose", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SCO Scottish (Scots) [an adaptation]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-23
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