025 Charlie, He's My Darling
Tune: Charlie, He's My Darling
Chorus
An' Charlie he's my darling,
My darling, my darling,
Charlie he's my darling—
The Young Chevalier!
1．
'Twas on a Monday morning
Right early in the year,
That Charlie came to our town—
The Young Chevalier!
2．
As he was walking up the street
The city for to view,
O, there he spied a bonie lass
The window looking thro'!
3．
Sae light's he jimped up the stair,
And tirl'd at the pin;
And wha sae ready as hersel'
To let the laddie in!
4．
He set his Jenny on his knee,
All in his Highland dress;
For brawlie weel he kend the way
To please a bonie lass.
5．
It's up yon heathery mountain
And down yon scroggy glen,
We daurna gang a-milking
For Charlie and his men!
Notes
Title Charlie He's My Darling: Charlie Is My Darling
Burns made use of an old street song of the mid-1770s and wrote it to express a Jacobite theme. The young man in the poem is said to be Charles Edward Stewart. This song was first printed in December, 1796.
Chorus
Line 1 An': and
Line 4 Chevalier: knight
Stanza 1
Line 1 'Twas: it was
Stanza 2
Line 3 bonie: lovely; lass: maiden
Line 4 thro': through
Stanza 3
Line 1 Sae: so; jimped: jumped
Line 2 tirl'd: knocked, turned (the door pin); pin: latch
Line 3 wha: who; hersel': herself
Line 4 laddie: lad, young man
Stanza 4
Line 3 brawlie weel: very well; kend: knew
Stanza 5
Line 1 yon: over there
Line 2 scroggy glen: scrubby vale
Line 3 daurna: dare not