by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
O bonny lass
Language: English
"O say, bonny lass, will you lye in a barrack, And marry a soldier, and carry his wallet, O say, wou'd you leave baith your mither and daddy, And follow the camp with your soldier laddy?" 'O yes, bonny lad, I could lye in a barrack, And marry a soldier, and carry his wallet; I'd neither ask leave of my mither or daddy, But follow my dearest, my soldier laddy.' "But say, bonny lass, when I go into battle, Where dying men groan, and loud cannons rattle?" 'O then, bonny lad, I will share a' thy harms, And should'st thou be kill'd, I will die in thy arms.'
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "O bonny lass", Hob. XXXIa no. 89, JHW. XXXII/1 no. 89. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2012-09-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 108