by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Ay Waukin' O !
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Simmer 's a pleasant time,
Flowers of every colour;
The water rins o'er the heugh,
And I long for my true lover!
Chorus:
Ay waukin, Oh,
Waukin still and weary:
Sleep I can get nane,
For thinking on my Dearie. -
When I sleep I dream,
When I wauk I'm irie;
Sleep I can get nane,
For thinking on my Dearie. -
Ay waukin, Oh...
Lanely night comes on,
A' the lave are sleepin:
I think on my bonie lad,
And I bleer my een wi' greetin. -
Ay waukin, Oh...
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) [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 (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Ay Waukin' O !", arrangement [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "Ay waukin, O", published 1922 [ female voice and piano ], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 1, no. 4, Bayley & Ferguson [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Heinrich Julius Heintze (1811 - 1860) , "Der Sommer ist so schön", appears in Lieder und Balladen des Schotten Robert Burns, Braunschweig, Westermann, first published 1840 ; composed by John Böie, Robert Franz, Carl Heinemann, Otto Tiehsen, Hermann Wichmann.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 87