Bonnie wee thing (Franklin Sievright Peterson)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-28). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 279 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Bonnie wee thing
Composer: Franklin Sievright Peterson
Lyricist: Robert Burns
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: Lowland Scots
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1891 Paterson & Sons
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Original text and translations
Lowland Scots text
Bonnie wee thing, cannie wee thing,
Winsome wee thing wer’t thou mine,
I wad wear thee in my bosom,
Lest my jewel I should tine.
Wistfully, I look and languish
In that bonnie face o’ thine.
And my heart it stounds wi’ anguish
Lest my wee thing be na mine.
Wit and Grace and Love and Beauty
In ae constellation shine!
To adore thee is my duty
Goddess o’ this soul o’ mine!