by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)
Sweet Tibbie Dunbar
Language: Scottish (Scots)
O, wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? O, wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car, Or walk by my side, O sweet Tibbie Dunbar? I care na thy daddie, his lands and his money; I care na thy kin, sae high and sae lordly; But say that thou'lt hae me for better or waur, And come in thy coatie, sweet Tibbie Dunbar.
Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Sweet Tibbie Dunbar" [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899) , "Das dritte", subtitle: "O willst mich nicht mitnehmen", appears in Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in Fiv nie Leeder ton Singn (Fünf neue Lieder zum Singen), no. 3 PLD ; composed by August Fischer, Carl Goldmark, Hans Harthan, Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke.
- Also set in Plattdeutsch, a translation by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899) , "Dat drütte", appears in Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in Fiv nie Leeder ton Singn (Fünf neue Lieder zum Singen), no. 3 GER ; composed by Fritz Becker.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 77
O wullt mi ni mit hebbn, lütt Anna...
Language: Plattdeutsch after the Scottish (Scots)
O wullt mi ni mit hebbn, lütt Anna Kathrin? O wullt mi ni mit hebbn, lütt Anna Kathrin? Du kunnst je wul fahren, du kunnst je wul ridn, Oder wullt an min Sit gan, lütt Anna Kathrin? Wat schert mi din Vader, sin Hus un sin Feld! Wat schert mi din Mellersch, er Stolt un er Geld! Segg blot, ik schall mitgan, segg blot, du büst min, Un kumm inn Linnwullnrock, lütt Anna Kathrin!
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Authorship:
- by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Dat drütte", appears in Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in Fiv nie Leeder ton Singn (Fünf neue Lieder zum Singen), no. 3 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Sweet Tibbie Dunbar"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Fritz Becker (1839 - 1903), "O wullt mi ni mithebbn", op. 2 no. 5, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder aus Klaus Groths Quickborn für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 5, Hamburg : Aug. Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 74