Story Behind The Song
A Song for my loveys
Song Description
all about what a sleeping baby will do when he is grown for his mother
| Song Length |
3:34 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional, World - Celtic |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Tranquil, Endearing |
Subject |
Sleep, Tired, Fatigued, Baby, Children |
| Similar Artists |
Loreena McKennitt, Sarah Brightman |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1700 - 1799 |
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Lyrics
Chorus
Hush ye my bairnie, my bonnie wee dearie sleep come and close your ten heavy and wearie.
Close to the wearie ten rest you are taken, sound be your sleepin' and bright be your waken
Chorus
Hush ye my bairnie, my bonnie we laddie, when your a man you shall follow your daddy, lift me a coo and a goat and a wether, bring them home to yer minnie the gather.
Chorus
Hush ye my bairnie my bonnie wee lammie, routh O' guid things ye shall bring tae your mammie; hare frae the meadow, and deer frae the mountain, grouse frae the muirlan and trout frae the fountain.
Chorus-
Chorus-
Scottish Vocabulary
bairnie- baby wee- little
wether-ram hame-home
gither-giver? een-eye tae-to
routh=plenty O'guid-of good
frae-from muirlan-moorland