Logie o' Buchan -
O Logie o' Buchan, O Logie the laird,
They've taen awa Jamie that wrought in the yard;
Wha play'd on the pipe wi' the viol sae sma;
They've taen awa Jamie the flower o' theM a'. -
Chorus
O think na lang, lassie, tho' I be awa,
An' think na lang, lassie, tho' I be awa;
The simmer is come & the winter's awa,
And I'll come & see thee in spite o' them a'-
O Sandy has owsen, & siller, & kye,
'A house & a haddin, & a' things forbye,
But I wad hae Jamie wi' 's bonnet in's hand,
Before I'd hae Sandy wi' houses & land.-
O think & c.
My daddie was sulkie, my minnie was sour,
They gloom'd on my Jamie because he was poor,
But daddie & minnie altho' that they be,
There's nane o' them a' like my Jamie to me.-
O think & c.
I'll sit on my sunkie & spin at my wheel,
And sing o' my Jamie wha loes me sae weel;
He took a white saxpence & brak it in twa,
Sayin think And gae me the hauf o't when he gaed awa.
Sayin, think upon't lassie when I am awa,
An' think upon't lassie when I am awa:
The simmer is come, & the winter's awa,
And I'll come & see thee in spite o' them a'.-
____________________
Note, there is but one strain in the tune, so it is just
repeated in the Chorus.
O Logie o' Buchan, O Logie the laird,
They've taen awa Jamie that wrought in the yard;
Wha play'd on the pipe wi' the viol sae sma;
They've taen awa Jamie the flower o' theM a'. -
Chorus
O think na lang, lassie, tho' I be awa,
An' think na lang, lassie, tho' I be awa;
The simmer is come & the winter's awa,
And I'll come & see thee in spite o' them a'-
O Sandy has owsen, & siller, & kye,
'A house & a haddin, & a' things forbye,
But I wad hae Jamie wi' 's bonnet in's hand,
Before I'd hae Sandy wi' houses & land.-
O think & c.
My daddie was sulkie, my minnie was sour,
They gloom'd on my Jamie because he was poor,
But daddie & minnie altho' that they be,
There's nane o' them a' like my Jamie to me.-
O think & c.
I'll sit on my sunkie & spin at my wheel,
And sing o' my Jamie wha loes me sae weel;
He took a white saxpence & brak it in twa,
Sayin think And gae me the hauf o't when he gaed awa.
Sayin, think upon't lassie when I am awa,
An' think upon't lassie when I am awa:
The simmer is come, & the winter's awa,
And I'll come & see thee in spite o' them a'.-
____________________
Note, there is but one strain in the tune, so it is just
repeated in the Chorus.
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Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/103
- Alt. number
- 3.6261
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/103
- Alt. number
- 3.6261
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
Description
Logie o' Buchan. Begins: "O Logie o' Buchan, O Logie the laird". 6 four-line verses and chorus.
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
-
Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
(
a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
- Logie o' Buchan
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