Scott's Minstrelsy, II, 234, ed. 1802,
incorporated with 'The Young Tamlane.'
From recitation.
| 1 |
'Twas down by Carterhaugh, father,
I walked beside the wa,
And there I saw a wee wee man,
The least that eer I saw. |
| 2 |
His legs were skant a shathmont lang,
Yet umber was his thie;
Between his brows there was ae span,
And between his shoulders three. |
| 3 |
He's taen and flung a meikle stane,
As far as I could see;
I could na, had I been Wallace wight,
Hae lifted it to my knee. |
| 4 |
wee wee man, but ye be strang!
Where may thy dwelling be?'
'It's down beside yon bonny bower;
Fair lady, come and see.' |
| 5 |
On we lap, and away we rade,
Down to a bonny green;
We lighted down to bait our steed,
And we saw the fairy queen. |
| 6 |
With four and twenty at her back,
Of ladies clad in green;
Tho the King of Scotland had been there,
The worst might hae been his queen. |
| 7 |
On we lap, and away we rade,
Down to a bonny ha;
The roof was o the beaten goud,
The floor was of chrystal a'. |
| 8 |
And there were dancing on the floor,
Fair ladies jimp and sma;
But in the twinkling o an eye,
They sainted clean awa. |
