Jockey's taen the parting kiss, O'er the mountains he is gane, And with him is a' my bliss, Nought but griefs with me remain, Spare my Love, ye winds that blaw, Plashy sleets and beating rain! Spare my Love, thou feath'ry snaw, Drifting o'er the frozen plain! When the shades of evening creep O'er the day's fair, gladsome e'e, Sound and safely may he sleep, Sweetly blythe his waukening be. He will think on her he loves, Fondly he'll repeat her name; For where'er he distant roves, Jockey's heart is still the same.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Jockey's taen the parting kiss" [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Liebchens Trost" ; composed by Carl Krebs.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 93
Abschiedskuß und Scheideblick! Über die Berge zog er weit; Ach! mit Jockey schwand mein Glück, Sorge blieb mir nur und Leid. Gönnt ihm heitres Sonnenlicht, Raubt ihm, Wolken, keinen Stern; Schnee und Regen, netzt ihn nicht, Wilde Stürme, bleibet fern! Wenn des Tages goldnen Schein Dunkler Abend überschleicht, Schlaf' er sanft und ruhig ein, Und erwache froh und leicht! Denken wird er Nacht und Tag, Denken mein in Freud und Schmerz; Denn wie weit er streifen mag, Nur daheim ist Jockey's Herz!
Confirmed with Robert Burns' Gedichte. Deutsch von W. Gerhard., Leipzig, Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth, 1840, page 197.
Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Liebchens Trost" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Jockey's taen the parting kiss"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl August Krebs (1804 - 1880), "Liebchens Trost", op. 135 (6 Lieder für Alt oder Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1845 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 82