I am my mammy's ae bairn (Burns) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I am my mammy's ae bairn,
  Wi' unco folk I weary, Sir,
And lying in a man's bed,
 I'm fley'd it make me irie, Sir.

             Chorus:

     I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young,
       I'm o'er young to marry yet;
     I'm o'er young, 'twad be a sin
       To tak me frae my mammy yet.

Hallowmass is come and gane,
  The nights are lang in winter, Sir;
And you an' I in ae bed,
  In trowth, I dare na venture, Sir.
I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young...

Fu' loud and shill the frosty wind
  Blaws thro' the leafless timmer, Sir;
But if ye come this gate again,
  I'll be aulder be gin simmer, Sir.
I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young...

Authorship

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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