Translation
Saw ye my father
Language: English  after the English
"O saw ye my father, or saw ye my mither, "Or saw ye my true love John?" "I saw nae your father, I saw nae your mither, "But I saw your true love John." "It's now ten at night, and the stars gie nae light, "And the bells they ring ding dang; "He's met wi' some delay, that causes him to stay, "But he will be here ere lang." "Flee up, flee up, my bonny gray cock, "And craw when it is day; "And your neck shall be like the bonny-beaten gold, "And your wings of the silver grey!" The cock proved false, and untrue he was, For he crew an hour o'er soon; The lassie thought it day, when she sent her love away, And it was but a blink o' the moon.
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It is based on
- a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , title 1: "Saw you my father", title 2: "The grey cock", first published 1882
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Saw ye my father", JHW. XXXII/5 no. 415, Hob. XXXIa no. 5ter, one of the Scottish Songs for William Whyte arranged by Haydn [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2012-07-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 134