O merry hae I been teethin a heckle, An' merry hae I been shapin a spoon: O merry hae I been cloutin a kettle, An' kissin my Katie when a' was done. O, a' the lang day I ca' at my hammer, An' a' the lang day I whistle and sing; O, a' the lang night I cuddle my kimmer, An' a' the lang night as happy 's a king. Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave: Blest be the hour she cool'd in her linnens, And blythe be the bird that sings on her grave! Come to my arms, my Katie, my Katie, An' come to my arms and kiss me again! Druken or sober, here 's to thee, Katie! And blest be the day I did it again.
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 Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "O merry hae I been teething a heckle", published 1922 [ male voice and piano ], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 2, no. 4, Bayley & Ferguson [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) , "Вторая песня лудильщика" ; composed by Vladislav Igorevich Kazenin.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 138
By'l ya rad, kogda greben` vy'tachival, By'l ya rad, kogda lozhku dolbil I kogda po kotlu pokolachival, A potom svoyu Ke`tti lyubil. I, by'valo, pod stuk molotochka Czely'j den` ya svishhu i poyu. A edva tol`ko spustitsya nochka, Obnimayu podrugu moyu. Bes velel mne na Be`ssi zhenit`sya, Pogubivshej vesel`e moyo… Pust` vsegda budet schastliva pticza, Chto shhebechet nad praxom eyo! Ty' vernis` ko mne, milaya Ke`tti. Budu volen i vesel ya vnov`. Chto milej cheloveku na svete, Chem svoboda, pokoj i lyubov`?
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Text Authorship:
- by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964), "Вторая песня лудильщика" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Vladislav Igorevich Kazenin (b. 1937), "Песня лудильщика", from Весёлые и грустные песни (Vesjolyje i grustnyje pesni) = Cheerful and Sad Songs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 82