Jingling Johnie (Burns, set by J. Haydn) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove,
While Phoebus sunk beyond Benledi;
The winds were whispering through the grove,
The yellow corn was waving ready:
I listen'd to a lover's sang,
And thought on youthful pleasures many;
And ay the wild wood echoes rang,
"O dearly do I love thee, Annie."
 
O happy be the woodbine bower,
Nae nightly bogle make it eerie;
Nor ever sorrow stain the hour,
The place and time I met my dearie!
Her head upon my throbbing breast,
She, sinking, said, "I'm thine for ever!"
While many a kiss the seal imprest,
The sacred vow we ne'er should sever!
 
The haunt of spring's the primrose brae,
The simmer joy's the flocks to follow;
How cheery through her shortening day,
Is autumn in her weeds o' yellow:
But can they melt the glowing heart,
Or chain the soul in speechless pleasure;
Or through each nerve the rapture dart,
Like meeting her, our bosom's treasure!

Glossary

Bogle = hobgoblin
Brae = hillside

Input by Ferdinando Albeggiani

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)

Date added to the website: 2009-08-12.

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