Are Ye Sleepin, Maggie?

Original Track ID

SA1973.155.B1

Original Tape ID

SA1973.155

Summary

A fragment of Tannahill's 'O Are Ye Sleepin Maggie?'.

"O, Are ye sleepin, Maggie?
"O, Are ye sleepin, Maggie?
"O caul' the win' blaws through ma plaid,
"O let me in beside thee, Maggie!"

She's opened the door and she's let her laddie in,
He's cast aside his dreepin plaidie,
And as the win' began tae howl
The rain cam washin o'er the warlock craggies.

[Chorus repeat]

Item Notes

1 verse of 4 lines with chorus before and after.

Composed by Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) and first published in 1806; this version differs significantly from Tannahill's original.

See:
'The Poems and Songs of Robert Tannahill' (R. Tannahill, ed. D. Semple, 1876) pp. 281-283

Recording Location

Language

Scots

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R4897

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair