Bonny at morn (Percy Snowdon)

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• (Posted 2003-04-20)  CPDL #04778:  PDF & MIDI files available

Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2003-04-20).   Score information: A4, 24 pages, 258 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: No. 4 from 'Northumbrian Folk Songs'. Arranged by Percy Snowdon.

General Information

Title: Bonny at morn
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: Percy Snowdon
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Soloists: S
Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

English text

The sheep's in the meadows,
The cow's in the corn,
Thou's ower long in thy bed,
Bonny at morn.

Canny at night,
Bonny at morn,
Thou's over long in thy bed,
Bonny at morn.

We're all laid idle
With keeping the bairn;
The lad winna work
Nor the lass winna learn.
Canny at night…

The bird's in the nest,
And the trout's in the burn,
Thou hinders thy mother
At many a turn.
Canny at night…