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by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832)

The lass of Lochroyan
Language: English 
"O open the door, Lord Gregory! 
O open, and let me in!
For the wind blaws through my yellow hair, 
And the rain drops o'er my chin."

"Gin thou be Annie of Lochroyan, 
(As I trow thou binna she)
Now tell me some o' the love tokens, 
That past between thee and me."

"O dinna ye mind, Lord Gregory, 
"As we sat at the wine,
"We chang'd the rings frae our fingers? 
"And I can shew thee thine.

"O your's was gude, and gude enough, 
"But ay the best was mine; 
"For your's was o' the gude red gowd,
"But mine o' the diamond fine.

GLOSSARY
Gin = if
Dinna ye mind = do you not recall
Gowd = gold

Text Authorship:

  • by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832) [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 lass of Lochroyan", JHW. XXXII/5 no. 371, Hob. XXXIa no. 209. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 105

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