by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Widow are ye wakin'?
Language: English
"O! wha's that at my chamber door?" "Fair widow are ye wakin'?" "Auld carle, your suit give o'er, "Your love lies a' in tawkin'; "Gie me a lad that's young and tight, "Sweet like an April meadow; "'Tis sic as he can bless the sight "And bosom of a widow!" "O! widow, wilt thou let me in? "I'm pawky, wise, and thrifty; "And come of a right gentle kin, "I'm little mair than fifty." "Daft carle, dit your mouth; "What signifies how pawky, "Or gentle born ye be -- but troth, "In love ye're but a gawky." "Then, widow, let those guineas speak, "That powerfully plead clinkan; "And if they fail, my mouth I'll steek, "And nae mair love will think on." "These court indeed, I maun confess, "I think they mak' you young, sir; "An' ten times better can express "Affection, than your tongue, sir."
GLOSSARY
Auld carle = name for an old man
Tight = well-built
Sic = such
Pawky = Cunning
Dit = shut
Gawky = idiot
Clinkan = money
Steek = close
Maun = must
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Auld carle = name for an old man
Tight = well-built
Sic = such
Pawky = Cunning
Dit = shut
Gawky = idiot
Clinkan = money
Steek = close
Maun = must
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), "Widow are ye wakin'?", JHW. XXXII/5 no. 423, Hob. XXXIa no. 75bis [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 145