| Lyrics: | Can Ye Sew Cushions?
O Can ye sew cushions? And Can ye sew sheets?
And can ye sing
ba-la-loo When the bairn greets?
cho: And hee and baw, birdie, hee and baw lamb
Hee and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.
Hee, O, wee, O, what would I do wi' you?
Black's the life that I lead wi' you!
Mony o' you, little for to gie you
Hee, O,
wee, O, what would I do wi' you?
I biggit the cradle all on the tree top
And the
wind it did blaw, and the cradle did rock.
cho:
Now hush-a-ba lambie, and
hush-a-ba, dear
Now hush-a-ba, lambie, thy minnie is here.
cho:
The wild wind
is ravin', thy minnie's heart's sair;
The wild wind is ravin', and you dinna
care.
cho:
Sing ba-la-loo, lambie, sing ba-la-loo, dear,
Does the wee
lambie ken that his daddie's no here?
cho:
Ye're rockin' fu' sweetly upon my
warm knee
But your daddie's a-rockin' upon the saut sea.
cho:
Note: First
printed in 1803 in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum. This version
collected by Isla
Cameron.
@Scots @lullaby
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