Lyr Req: Bonnie at ????

Subject: Lyr Req: Bonnie at ????
From: GUEST,Charlie Temple
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 07:38 PM

"We're all made idle with the keepin' of the bairn..."
Can anyone help with the rest of the lyrics?

Many thanks!

CT

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie at ????
From: Blowzabella
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 07:41 PM

I've got 'em on a Bob Fox and Stu Luckley album, but I'll have to find em - someone'll probably beat me to it but I'll have a look tomorrow (it's 12.30am here - got to go bed soon)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie at ????
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 08:10 PM

It's in the DT as  BONNY AT MORN, its usual title.

Someone has wrongly classed it as Scottish, presumably because it has "bonny" in the title. It is an English song, of course, from Northumbria. Bonny is a common word in England, though many people seem not to realise that.

See also

Bonny at Morn - information?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie at ????
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 09:34 PM

That's thread 40539: Bonny At Morn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie at ????
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 10:26 PM

So it is. I wonder where I got that extra zero. The wrong assumption that this is a Scottish song was probably reinforced by the use of the word "bairn"; as common in Northern England as it is in Scotland, but typically imagined by many to belong to Scotland only.