I'll ay ca' in by yon town (Burns) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I'll ay ca' in by yon town,
  And by yon garden green, again;
I'll ay ca' in by yon town,
  And see my bonie Jean again. -

There 's nane sall ken, there 's nane sall guess,
  What brings me back the gate again,
But she, my fairest faithfu' lass,
  And stownlins we sall meet again. -
    I'll ay ca' in by yon town...

She'll wander by the aiken tree,
  When trystin time draws near again;
And when her lovely form I see,
  O haith, she 's doubly dear again!
    I'll ay ca' in by yon town...

Authorship

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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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Set in German, a translation of Wilhelm Gerhard GER

Otto Dresel (1826-1890)

Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856)

Fünf Lieder nach Robert Burns für gemischten Chor

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