Kinloch Manuscripts, VII, 253.
From Mrs. Elder.
| 1 |
As I gaed out to tak a walk,
Atween the water and the wa,
There I met wi a wee wee man,
The weest man that ere I saw. |
| 2 |
Thick and short was his legs,
And sma and thin was his thie,
And atween his een a flee might gae,
And atween his shouthers were inches three. |
| 3 |
And he has tane up a muckle stane,
And thrown it farther than I coud see;
If I had been as strong as ere Wallace was,
I coud na lift it to my knie. |
| 4 |
'O,' quo I, 'But ye be strong!
And O where may your dwelling be?'
'It's down in to yon bonnie glen;
Gin ye dinna believe, ye can come and see.' |
| 5 |
And we rade on, and we sped on,
Till we cam to yon bonny glen,
And there we lichted and louted in,
And there we saw a dainty dame. |
| 6 |
There was four and twenty wating on her,
And ilka ane was clad in green,
And he had been the king of fair Scotland,
The warst o them micht hae been his queen. |
| 7 |
There war pipers playing on ilka stair,
And ladies dancing in ilka ha,
But before ye coud hae sadd what was that,
The house and wee manie was awa. |
