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Air—“Sleepin' Maggie.” ______ 1 CHOR.— O are ye sleepin’ Maggie, 2 O are ye sleepin’ Maggie ! 3 Let me in, for loud the linn 4 Is roarin’ o’er the warlock craigie. 5 Mirk an’ rainy is the night, 6 No’ a starn in a’ the carry, 7 Lightnings gleam athwart the lift, 8 An’ winds drive wi’ winter’s fury. O are ye sleepin’ Maggie, &c. 9 Fearfu’ soughs the boor-tree bank, 10 The rifted wood roars wild an dreary, 11 Loud the iron yate does clank, 12 An’ cry o’ howlets mak’s me eerie. O are ye sleepin’ Maggie, &c. 13 Aboon my breath I daurna’ speak, 14 For fear I rouse your waukrife Daddie, 15 Cauld’s the blast upon my cheek, 16 O rise, rise my bonny lady! O are ye sleepin’ Maggie, &c. 17 She opt the door, she let him in, 18 He curst aside his dreepin’ plaidie; 19 “Blaw your warst ye rain an’ win’, 20 “Since Maggie now I’m in aside ye, 21 CHOR.—Now since ye’re wauken Maggie, 22 Now since ye’re wauken Maggie! 23 What care I for howlet’s cry, 24 For boor-tree bank, or warlock craigie? |
3. linn: a waterfall, cataract, cascade of water. 4. craigie: from craig, a cliff or projecting spur of rock. 5. mirk: dark, murky, lowering. 6. starn: star. 6. carry: usually refers to the motion of clouds moving with great velocity; here, extended to mean the sky. 9. sough: to emit a rushing, rustling, murmuring sound. 9. boor-tree: The elder tree, Sambucus nigra. 11. yate: a gate, of a garden, field, etc., or of a fortified house or town. 12. howlet: an owl. 14. waukrife: Disinclined or unable to sleep, sleepless, wakeful, able to do with little sleep. 15. cauld: cold, in various physical applications. 16. bonny: beautiful, pretty, fair; handsome, attractive; a term of endearment. 18. dreepin': Sc. form of Eng. dripping. 18. plaidie: Variant of plaid. A rectangular length of twilled woollen cloth, sometimes self-coloured of white or marled gray, but more often of a chequered or Tartan pattern, which was formerly worn as a mantle or outer garment, predominantly in the rural areas of Scotland. 19. blaw: Sc. form and usage of Eng. blow. 21. wauken: Sc. form and usage of Eng. waken |