Bonny at Morn

 BONNY AT MORN. English, Air (6/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The sheep's in the meadow, The kye's in the corn, [Thou's ower land in they bed] Bonny at morn. Canny at night, Bonny at morn, [Thou's ower lang in thy bed], Bonny at morn. (Bruce & Stokoe). "The song 'Bonny at Morn' gives us a pretty picture of family life. The baby awakes a little too early, but the big lad and the big lass are loath to rise; hence the interjaculatory phrases 'Thou's ower lang in thy bed' in the midst of the song" (Stokoe). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, published c. 1800. Printed source: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pp. 88-89.

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