Kinloch's Manuscripts, V, 347. In Dr John Hill Burton's hand.
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'Fare hae ye been a' day, a' day, a' day,
Fare hae ye been a' day, my little wee croudlin doo?' |
| 2 |
'I've been at my step-mammie's, my step mammie's, my step-mammie's,
I've been at my step-mammie's; come mack my beddy now!' |
| 3 |
'What got ye at yer step-mammie's,
My little wee croudlin doo?' |
| 4 |
'She gied me a spreckled fishie;
Come mack my beddy now!' |
| 5 |
'What did ye wi the baenies oet,
My little wee croudlin doo?' |
| 6 |
'I gaed them till her little dogie;
Come mack my beddy now!' |
| 7 |
'What did her little dogie syne,
My little wee croudlin doo?' |
| 8 |
'He laid down his heed and feet;
And sae shall I dee now!' |
