Hush Ye, My Bairnie

1. Hush ye, my bairnie, my bonny wee laddie,
When you're a man ye shall follow your daddie;
Lift me a coo, and a goat and a wether,
Bringing them hame to yer minnie thegither.

2. Hush ye, my bairnie my bonnie wee lammie
Routh o' guid things ye shall bring tae yer mammie;
Hare frae the meadow and deer frae the mountain,
Grouse frae the muirrlan' and trout frae the fountain.

3. Hush ye, my bairnie my bonnie wee dearie,
Sleep! come and close the een heavy and wearie;
Closed are the wearie een, rest ye are takin',
Sound be yer sleepin' and bright be yer wakin'.


The tune is an old Gaelic lullaby from "The Celtic Lyre" by Henry White. Whyte was a collector of Gaelic folk tunes around the end of the 19th century.