by James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (1856 - 1938)
Glances
Language: Scottish (Scots)
O weel I mind the bonnie morn, Richt early in the day, When he cam’ in by oor toun end To buy a sou o’ hay. For O he was a handsome lad, An’ weel did cock his beaver! – He gar’t my heart play pit-a-pat: Yet – speired but for my faither! I turned aboot and gied a cast That plainly said – ‘Ye deevil! – Altho’ ye be a braw young lad Ye needna be unceevil!’ He glower’t at me like ane gaen wud Wi’ his daurin’ rovin’ een; At that I leuch and wi’ a fling Flew roun’ the bourtree screen.
Glossary
sou = shilling
beaver = hat
speired = wished
cast = look
gaen wud = turned to wood
bourtree = European elder
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sou = shilling
beaver = hat
speired = wished
cast = look
gaen wud = turned to wood
bourtree = European elder
Authorship:
- by James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (1856 - 1938), "Glances" [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 Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "Glances", 1934, published 1949 [ voice and piano ], from 35 Scottish Lyrics and other Poems, no. 19, Bayley & Ferguson for The Saltire Society, Glasgow, page 78 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-06-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 104