Up in the moming early (Burns, set by J. Haydn) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west,
  The drift is driving sairly;
Sae loud and shill 's I hear the blast,
  I'm sure it 's winter fairly.
Up in the morning 's no for me,
  Up in the morning early;
When a' the hills are cover'd wi' snaw,
  I'm sure it is winter fairly.

The birds sit chittering in the thorn,
  A' day they fare but sparely;
And lang 's the night frae e'en to morn,
  I'm sure it's winter fairly.
Up in the morning 's no for me...

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)

(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

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