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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Josef Václav Sládek (1845 - 1912)

An' O, for ane and twenty, Tam!
Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  FRE
Chorus
An' O, for ane and twenty, Tam!
  An' hey, sweet ane and twenty Tam!
I'll learn my kin a rattlin sang,
  An I saw ane and twenty, Tam.

They snool me sair, and haud me down,
  And gar me look like bluntie, Tam;
But three short years will soon wheel roun',
  And then comes ane and twenty, Tam.
An' O, for ane and twenty Tam!...

A gleib o' lan', a claut o' gear,
  Was left me by my auntie, Tam;
At kith or kin I need na spier,
  An I saw ane and twenty, Tam.
An' O, for ane and twenty Tam!...

They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof,
  Tho' I mysel hae plenty, Tam;
But hearst thou, laddie, there 's my loof,
  I'm thine at ane and twenty, Tam!
An' O, for ane and twenty Tam!...

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 239.

Tune: The Moudiewort

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "O, for ane and twenty Tam" [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 Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "One and twenty", 1927 [ voice and piano or string quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "O for ane and twenty, Tam!", Hob. XXXIa no. 108, JHW. XXXII/2 no. 108 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Jen co mi přejde dvacet let"
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Oh, vingt et un, Tam !", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 138

Jen co mi přejde dvacet let
Language: Czech (Čeština)  after the Scottish (Scots) 
 Jen co mi přejde dvacet let,
      a budu jednadvacet,
   své lidi tančit naučím,
      až budu jednadvacet!

Tak trápí mne, že začala
   jsem skorem rozum ztrácet,
tři roky ale přejdou hned
   a budu jednadvacet.

Mně odkázala tetka lán
   a nic nemusím splácet,
a od svých lidí nechci nit,
   až budu jednadvacet.

Mně hlupák chtěl, i s bohatstvím
   se musel domů vracet; —
však ty si počkej, hochu můj,
   až budu jednadvacet.

   Jen co mi přejde dvacet let
      a budu jednadvacet,
   své lidi tančit naučím,
      až budu jednadvacet!

Confirmed with BURNS, Robert. Výbor z písní a ballad, translated by Josef Václav Sládek, Praha: J. Otto, 1892.


Text Authorship:

  • by Josef Václav Sládek (1845 - 1912), "Jen co mi přejde dvacet let" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "O, for ane and twenty Tam"
    • Go to the text page.

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 ]


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-08-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 87

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