Lyr Add: What's A' the Steer, Kimmer

Subject: Lyr Add: WHAT'S A' THE STEER, KIMMER
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 11:24 PM

Found in an old songbook. (Also in Scotch Minstrelsie, v. 3). 'Kimmer' (a girl) also is found in "The "Nodding Song," thread 9049: Nodding Song

Lyr. Add: WHAT'S A' THE STEER, KIMMER
(Alexander Lee, arranger)

1. What's a' the *steer, Kimmer, what's a' the steer,
Jamie is landed and soon he will be here,
Go lace your boddice blue, lassie, lace your boddice blue,
Put on your Sunday chaithes and trim your cap anew;
For I'm right glad a heart Kimmer, right glad a heart
I ha'e a bonnie breast knot, and for his sake I'll wait
Sin' Jamie is come hame, we ha'e nae care to fear,
Bid the neighbors all come down and welcome Jamie here.

2. Where's Donald Tod? lassie, rin fetch him here;
Bid him bring his pipes, lassie, Bid him tune rin clear;
For we'll taste the barley mow, lassie, foot it to and fro-
Sin' Jamie is come hame, we'll gi'e him hearty cheer,
And its what's a' the steer, Kimmer, what's a' the steer,
Jamie is landed and soon he will be here;
Bid Allan Ramsay, rin bid him kill a fatted deer.
O the neighbors little ken how welcome Jamie here.

*steer- stir, fuss.

With sheet music, p. 50-51, "Golden Wreath," 1857, A choice collection of favorite melodies designed for the use of Schools, Seminaries, Select Classes, &c.. L. O. Emerson, new edition... Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.
The sheet music by Lee was printed in 1840 by Harry Prentiss, Boston (American Memory website). Original 18th c.?