by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
O dear minny, what shall I do?
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Chorus: O dear minny, what shall I do? O dear minny, what shall I do? O dear minny, what shall I do? ‘Daft thing, doylt thing, do as I do.’ If I be black, I canna be lo'ed; If I be fair I canna be gude; If I be lordly, the lads will look by me: O dear minny, what shall I do?
Confirmed with The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, edited by James Barke with an Introduction by John Cairney, HarperCollins, Glasgow, 1995, page 452
Authorship
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "O dear Minny, What shall I do?" [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 Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "O dear minny, what shall I do?", published 1936 [baritone and piano], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 4, no. 8, Bayley & Ferguson [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-27
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Word count: 63