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!...
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Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 239.
Tune: The MoudiewortText 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.
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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"
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
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Word count: 87