Sing on, tha bonny burd, sing on, sing on;
Aw connot sing;
A claad hings ovver me, do what aw con
Fresh troubles spring.
Aw wish aw could, like thee, fly far away,
Aw’d leeav mi cares an be a burd to-day.
Mi heart wor once as full o’ joy as thine,
But nah it’s sad;
Aw thowt all th’ happiness i’th’ world wor mine,
Sich faith aw had;–
But he who promised aw should be his wife
Has robb’d me o’ mi ivvery joy i’ life.
Sing on! tha cannot cheer me wi’ thi song;
Yet, when aw hear
Thi warblin’ voice, ‘at rings soa sweet an strong,
Aw feel a tear
Roll daan mi cheek, ‘at gives mi heart relief,
A gleam o’ comfort, but it’s varry brief.
This little darlin, cuddled to mi breast,
It little knows,
When snoozlin’ soa quietly at rest,
‘At all mi woes
Are smothered thear, an mi poor heart ud braik
But just aw live for mi wee laddie’s sake.
Sing on; an if tha e’er should chonce to see
That faithless swain,
Whose falsehood has caused all mi misery,
Strike up thy strain,
An if his heart yet answers to thy trill
Fly back to me, an we will love him still.
But if he heeds thee not, then shall aw feel
All hope is o’er,
An he that aw believed an loved soa weel
Be loved noa more;
For that hard heart, bird music cannot move,
Is far too cold a dwellin-place for love.
(John Hartley)
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