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O Can Ye Sew Cushions? (Traditional Scottish Song)
Susan Hamilton / Joseph Haydn

O Can Ye Sew Cushions? And can ye sew sheets?
And can ye sing ballooloo when the bairn greets?
And hee and haw birdie, and hee and haw lamb;
And hee and haw, birdie, my bonnie wee lamb!

Chorus:
Heeo, weeo, what wou'd I do wi' you?
Black's the life that I lead wi' you;
Mony o' ye, Little for to gie you.
Heeo, weeo, what wou'd I do wi' you?

Ye're rockin' fu' sweetly on mammie's warm knee,
But daddie's a rockin' upon the saut sea.
And hee and haw birdie, and hee and haw lamb;
And hee and haw, birdie, my bonnie wee lamb!

Meaning of unusual words:
bairn=baby / greets=cries / mony=many / biggit=built / doo=dove / minnie=mother / sair=sore / dinna=don't / lammie=lamb / ken=know / saut=salt

This is a old Scottish lullaby, sung by a mother whose husband is away at sea, note that some of the "words" are just baby talk and do not have a specific meaning.

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