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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

The miller's daughter
Language: English 
I ha'e been courting at a lass,
These twenty days and mair;
Her father winna gi'e me her,
She's sic a gleib of gear;
But gin I had her where I wou'd,
Amang the hether here,
I'd strive to win her kindness
For a' the miller's care.

For she's a bonny, sonsy lass,
An armsfu', I swear;
I wou'd marry her without a coat,
Or e'er a plack o' gear;
For, trust me, when I saw her first,
She ga'e me sic a wound,
That a' the doctors i' the earth
Can never mak me sound.

For when she's absent frae my sight,
I think upon her still,
And when I sleep, or when I wake,
She does my senses fill;
May heaven guard the bonny lass,
That sweetens a' my life,
And shame fa' me gin e'er I seek
Anither for my wife.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "The miller's daughter", Hob. XXXIa. [baritone, violin, cello, piano, voice, and instrumental ensemble] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 144

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