Whare are the joys I hae met in the morning,
That danced to the lark's early sang?
Whare is the Peace that awaited my wandring
At e'enin the wild-woods amang?
Nae mair a winding the course o' yon river,
And marking sweet flowerets sae fair,
Nae mair I trace the gay light footsteps o' pleasure,
But Sorrow, & sad sighing Care. -
Is it that Simmer's forsaken our vallies,
And grim, surly winter is near?
No, no, the bees humming round the gay roses,
Proclaim it the pride o' the year. -
Fain wad I hide what I fear to discover,
yet lang, lang too wall hae I known,
She, the sweet cause A' that has caused the wreck in my bosom,
Is Jenny, sweet fair Jenny alone. -
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
That danced to the lark's early sang?
Whare is the Peace that awaited my wandring
At e'enin the wild-woods amang?
Nae mair a winding the course o' yon river,
And marking sweet flowerets sae fair,
Nae mair I trace the gay light footsteps o' pleasure,
But Sorrow, & sad sighing Care. -
Is it that Simmer's forsaken our vallies,
And grim, surly winter is near?
No, no, the bees humming round the gay roses,
Proclaim it the pride o' the year. -
Fain wad I hide what I fear to discover,
yet lang, lang too wall hae I known,
She, the sweet cause A' that has caused the wreck in my bosom,
Is Jenny, sweet fair Jenny alone. -
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/139
- Alt. number
- 3.6305
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- Miller, Janet
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/139
- Alt. number
- 3.6305
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- Miller, Janet
Description
Fair Jenny.
Begins: "Where are the joys I have met in the morning". 4 four-line verses; Wanting the final stanza; Several editors suggest that this song was possibly sent to Janet Miller of Dalswinton, the eldest daughter of Burns's former landlord; the suggested recipient subsequently married the 28th Earl of Mar.
Endorsed; "This song is authenticated as the composition and autograph of the late Robert Burns by William Wallace Currie of Liverpool and may be found in his father's edition of Burns Vol. 4 page 133. C.W." There are other writings on the back of the card on which the Burns holograph is mounted.
Archive information
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Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
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