by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Fy, let us a' to the bridal
Language: English
And fy, let us a' to the bridal, For there'll be lilting there; For Jock's to be married to Jenny, The lass wi' the gowden hair. And there will be lang kail and castocks, And bannocks of barley meal, And there will be gude sawt herrings, To relish a cog of gude ale. And fy, let us a' to the bridal, &c. Scrap'd haddocks, wilks, dulse, and tangles, And a mill of gude snishin to prie; When weary with eating and drinking, We'll rise up and dance till we die. Then fy, let us a' to the bridal, For there'll be lilting there; For Jock's to be married to Jenny, The lass wi' the gowden hair.
GLOSSARY
Kail = coleworts uncut
Castocks = core and stalk of a cabbage
Bannocks = flat cakes toasted on a girdle
Sawt = salt
Cog = wooden bowl for drinking
Wilks = whelks
Dulse = edible red seaweed
Tangles = coarse seaweed
Snishin = snuff, sneezing powder
Prie = taste
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Kail = coleworts uncut
Castocks = core and stalk of a cabbage
Bannocks = flat cakes toasted on a girdle
Sawt = salt
Cog = wooden bowl for drinking
Wilks = whelks
Dulse = edible red seaweed
Tangles = coarse seaweed
Snishin = snuff, sneezing powder
Prie = taste
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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), "Fy, let us a' to the bridal", JHW. XXXII/1 no. 20, Hob. XXXIa no. 20. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-14
Line count: 17
Word count: 116