traditional songs – M. K. Waller

She’s only a bird in a gilded cage,
A beautiful sight to see,
You may think she’s happy and free from care,
She’s not, though she seems to be,
‘Tis sad when you think of her wasted life,
For youth cannot mate with age,
And her beauty was sold, for an old man’s gold,
She’s a bird in a gilded cage.

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This song was playing in my brain when I woke yesterday morning.

I thought that if I posted it, I might stop singing it.

David would be grateful.

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Facts:

Sylvester Stallone sings the song in his guest spot of The Muppet Show. Elmo sings the first verse of this song when he is a pet bird in a bird cage in the Elmo’s World segment Pets on Sesame Street. — Wikipedia

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Read the rest of the song—and hear a recording—at https://www.lyricsondemand.com/t/traditionallyrics/abirdinagildedcagelyrics.html

John Anderson, My Jo

Robert Burns

Song and glossary follow

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/PG_1063Burns_Naysmithcrop.jpg — **Portrait of Robert Burns,** by Alexander Naysmith, 1787. Via Wikipedia. Public domain.

John Anderson, my jo, John
When we were first acquent;
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonie brow was brent;
But now your brow is beld, John,
Your locks are like the snaw;
But blessings on your frosty pow,
John Anderson, my jo.

John Anderson, my jo, John,
We clamb the hill thegither;
And mony a cantie day, John,
We’ve had wi’ ane anither:
Now we maun totter down, John,
And hand in hand we’ll go,
And sleep thegither at the foot,
John Anderson, my jo.

Sung by Christy-Lyn

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Meanings of most of the words from Scottish dialect are obvious, but here’s a glossary just in case.

jo-sweetheart
acquent-acquainted
bonny-beautiful
brent-polished new
beld-bald
snaw-snow
pow-head
thegither-together
cantie-great
one anither- together
maun totter down-must climb down