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Thread #88242 Message #1653694
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
22-Jan-06 - 03:26 PM
Thread Name: translation of a Scots dialect phrase
Subject: RE: translation of a Scots dialect phrase
Burns provided a copy for The Scots Musical Museum (V, no. 440, p 452) but he didn't write it. Various past discussions here, as both Tibby and Tibbie. "Bee" is an error of transcription, not a traditional variant.
The Susanna Blamire lyric is not the one being asked about, though it was likely written to the same tune, perhaps as an "answer" to the original song.