Story Behind The Song

Song for my grandchildren

Song Description

Mother singing to baby about a fishing father who is on the sea.

Lyrics

Ba Loo Loo my Lammie, ba loo loo,my dear.
Now ba loo loo ain minnie is here.
What ails my wee bairnie?
What ails it this nicht?
What ails my wee barinie? is barinie no richt?

Ba Loo Loo, my Lammie, now ba loo. my dear
Does wee lammie ken that its daddie's
no here?
Ye're rockin fu' sweetly on mommies warm knee,
but daddie's a rockin' upon the sauté sea.

Now hush a ba, Lammie, Now hush a, my dear;
Now hush a ba Lammie, ain minnie is here;
The wild wind is ravin; and mammie's heart's sair
The wild wind is ravin and ye'dinna care.
Sing ba loo, my Lammie, sing ba loo, my dear;
Sing ba loo, my Lammie an minnie is here
My wee barinie's dozin, it's dozen now fine, and
Oh! may its waukin be blyther than mine.

Scots vocabulary
ain-own fu-full wee-little
minnie-mother barirnie-baby
Saut-salt nicht-night richt-right
ravin-blowing sair-sore
ken-know ye'dinna-you do not
ye're-you are waukin-wakin
blyther-merry