by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Fare ye weel, my auld wife
Language: Scottish (Scots)
O, fare ye weel, my auld wife! Sing bum bibery bum O fare ye weel my auld wife! Sing bum. O fare ye weel my auld wife! The steerer up o' sturt and strife, The maut's aboon the meal the night Wi' some. An fare ye weel, my pyke-staff Sing bum bibery bum, An fare ye weel, my pyke-staff Sing bum. An fare ye weel, my pyke-staff Nae mair wi' you my wife I'll baff The maut's aboon the meal the night Wi' some.
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Fare ye weel, my auld wife" [author's text not yet checked 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), "Fare ye weel, my auld wife", published 1936 [baritone and piano], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 4, no. 9, 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
Line count: 16
Word count: 84