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Posted By: GUEST,Rory
26-Jun-22 - 06:40 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Bonny at Morn - information?
Subject: ADD Version: Bonny at Morn
"Bonny at Morn" printed in
Northumbrian Minstrelsy.
A Collection of the Ballads, Melodies and Small-Pipe Tunes of Northumbria
by Bruce J. Collingwood, John Stokoe - Editors, 1882, p.88
BONNY AT MORN
The Sheep’s in the meadow, the kye’s in the corn
Thou’s ower lang in thy bed, bonny at morn
Canny at night, bonny at morn
Thou’s ower lang in thy bed bonny at morn
The bird’s in the nest. The trout’s in the burn
Thou hinders thy mother at many a turn
Canny at night, bonny at morn
Thou’s ower lang in thy bed bonny at morn
We’re a’ laid idle wi’ the keepin o’ the bairn
The lad will not work, and the lass will not learn
Canny at night, bonny at morn
Thou’s ower lang in thy bed bonny at morn
Two verse lines:
The Lad winna work - and The Lass winna learn;
We're a' laid idle wi' keeping the Bairn.
As well as: Bonny at Morn
appear as tune title/verse in
The Northern Minstrel's Budget (four pages) by Henry Robson (1770-1848) published in A Collection of Original Local Songs, by Robert Gilchrist 1824.
The Northern Minstrel's Budget (published ca. 1800) is a poem describing the repertoire of a travelling fiddler and piper, and consists mostly of a verse list (titles) of 227 tunes played by a single piper and fiddler in Northumberland at the beginning of the 19th century.
Also printed in Northumbrian Minstrelsy, pp. 140-143. ('learn' changed to 'lairn')
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