COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
2007 BBC Proms, First Night (July 16, 2007)
*** TEXT: Robert Burns (1759-17960) ***
Hee Balou, my sweet wee Donald,
Picture o' the great Clan Ronald!
Brawlie kens our wanton Chief
What gat my young Highland thief.
(Hee Balou!)
Leeze me on thy bonnie craigie!
And thou live, thou'll steal a naigie,
Travel the country thro' and thro' ,
and bring hame a Carlisle cow!
Thro' the Lawlands, o'er the Border,
Weel, my babie, may thou furder!
Herry the louns o' the laigh Countrie,
Syne to the Highlands hame to me!
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