Can Ye Sew Cushions?



O Can ye sew cushions? And Can ye sew sheets?

And can ye sing ba-la-loo When the bairn greets?



cho: And hee and baw, birdie, hee and baw lamb

Hee and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.

Hee, O, wee, O, what would I do wi' you?

Black's the life that I lead wi' you!

Mony o' you, little for to gie you

Hee, O, wee, O, what would I do wi' you?



I biggit the cradle all on the tree top

And the wind it did blaw, and the cradle did rock.



cho:



Now hush-a-ba lambie, and hush-a-ba, dear

Now hush-a-ba, lambie, thy minnie is here.

cho:



The wild wind is ravin', thy minnie's heart's sair;

The wild wind is ravin', and you dinna care.



cho:



Sing ba-la-loo, lambie, sing ba-la-loo, dear,

Does the wee lambie ken that his daddie's no here?



cho:



Ye're rockin' fu' sweetly upon my warm knee

But your daddie's a-rockin' upon the saut sea.



cho:



Note: First printed in 1803 in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum. This version

collected by Isla Cameron.

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