My Nannie's awa | Now in her green mantle blythe nature arrays

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

My Nannie's awa

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Now in her green mantle blythe nature arrays,
And listens the lambkins that bleat o'er the braes,
While birds warble welcome in ilka green shaw;
But to me it's delightless - my Nannie's awa!

The snaw-drap and primrose our woodlands adorn,
And violets bathe in the weet o' the morn;
They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw,
They mind me o' Nannie - and Nanny's awa!

Thou lav'rock that springs frae the dews of the lawn,
The shepherd to warn o' the gray-breaking dawn,
And thou mellow mavis that hails the night fa',
Give over for pity - my Nannie's awa!

Come autumn sae pensive, in yellow and gray,
And soothe me with tidings o' nature's decay:
The dark dreary winter, and wild driving snaw,
Alane can delight me - now Nannie's awa!

Tune - "There'll never be peace."

Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My Nannie's awa" [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):

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) , "Nanny", appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1852 [an adaptation] ; composed by Ernest Amédée Chausson, Mélanie Adélaïde Simplice Dentu, Paul d'Estribaud, Paul Gilson, Klaus Miehling, Émile Paladilhe.
Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) , "Nanny", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1874 ; composed by Armand Gouzien.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Heinrich Bellermann.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900) , "'S Nannerl ist fort", appears in In Moll und Dur, in 3. Dritte Abtheilung ; composed by Ernst Otto Nodnagel.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-08-03
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Word count: 135