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Can Ye Sew Cushions
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Album: Celtic Lullabies
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Traditional
First printed in 1803 in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum
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Oh, can ye sew cushions and can ye sew sheets?
And can ye sing baluloo when the bairn greets?
And hie and baw birdie, and hie and baw lamb
And hie and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.
Chorus:
Hie-oh, wee-oh, what would I do wi ye
Blacks the life that I lead wi you
Mony o you, little for to gie ye
Hie-oh, wee-oh, 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
And hie and baw birdie, and hie and baw lamb
And hie and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.
Now hush-a-ba, lambie, and hush-a-ba, dear
Now hush-a-ba, lambie, thy minnie is here
And hie and baw birdie, and hie and baw lamb
And hie and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.
The wild wind is ravin', thy minnie heart's sair
The wild wind is ravin', and you dinna care
And hie and baw birdie, and hie and baw lamb
And hie and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.
Sing ba-la-loo, lambie, sing ba-la-loo, dear
Does the wee lambie ken that his daddy's no' here?
And hie and baw birdie, and hie and baw lamb
And hie and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.
Ye're rockin fu' sweetly upon my warm knee
But your daddy's a-rockin' upon the salt sea
And hie and baw birdie, and hie and baw lamb
And hie and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.
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Glossary
bairn: baby
baw: lull to sleep
biggit: built
dinna: do not
fu': full
gi'e: give
greets: cries, weeps
hie: hurry
ken: know
minnie: mother
mony: many
sair: sore
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