O, for ane and twenty Tam (Burns) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


An O, for ane and twenty, Tam!
  An hey, sweet ane and twenty Tam!
I'll learn my kin a rattlin sang,
  An I saw ane and twenty, Tam.

They snool me sair, and haud me down,
  And gar me look like bluntie, Tam;
But three short years will soon wheel roun',
  And then comes ane and twenty, Tam.
An O, for ane and twenty Tam!...

A gleib o' lan', a claut o' gear,
  Was left me by my Auntie, Tam;
An kith or kin I need na spier,
  An I saw ane and twenty, Tam.
An O, for ane and twenty Tam!...

They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof,
  Tho' I mysel hae plenty, Tam;
But hearst thou, laddie, there 's my loof,
  I'm thine at ane and twenty, Tam!
An O, for ane and twenty Tam!...

Tune: The Moudiewort

Authorship

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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