Buy broom buzzems (William Whittaker)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-20). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 735 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Buy broom buzzems
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: William Whittaker
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1914 Stainer & Bell
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Original text and translations
English text
If ye want a buzzem
For to sweep your hoose,
Come to me, ma hinnies,
Ye may hae your choose,
Buy broom buzzems,
Buy them when they’re new,
Fine heather breduns,
Better never grew.
Buzzems for a penny,
Rangers for a plack,
If ye winnot buy,
I’ll tie them on me back.
If aa had a horse,
Aa wad heve a cairt,
If aa had a wife,
She wad tyek me pairt.
If aa had a wife,
Aa care not what she be,
If she’s but a woman
That’s enyuf fu me.
If she liked a drappie,
Her and I’d agree,
If she didn’t like it
There’s the mair for me.