by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet
Language: Scottish (Scots)
O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet, Mally's modest and discreet, Mally's rare, Mally's fair, Mally's ev'ry way compleat. As I was walking up the street, A barefit maid I chanc'd to meet, But O, the road was very hard For that fair maiden's tender feet. It were mair meet, that those fine feet Were weel laced up in silken shoon, And twere more fit that she should sit Within yon chariot gilt aboon, Her yellow hair, beyond compare, Comes trinkling down her swan white neck, And her two eyes, like stars in skies, Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck. O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet, Mally's modest and discreet, Mally's rare, Mally's fair, Mally's ev'ry way compleat.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet" [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 (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Mally", op. 10 no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Two Love Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-08
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Word count: 116