Kinloch Manuscripts, I, 276; from Alexander Kinnear, of
Stonehaven.
| 1 |
'My father he locks the doors at nicht,
My mither the keys carries ben, ben;
There's naebody dare gae out,' she says,
'And as few dare come in, in,
And as few dare come in.' |
| 2 |
'I will mak a lang ladder,
Wi fifty steps and three,
I will mak a lang ladder,
And lichtly come doun to thee.' |
| 3 |
He has made a lang ladder,
Wi fifty steps and three,
He has made a lang ladder,
And lichtly come doun the lum. |
| 4 |
They had na kissd nor lang clappit,
As lovers do whan they meet,
Till the auld wife says to the auld man,
I hear somebody speak. |
| 5 |
'I dreamed a dreem sin late yestreen,
And I'm feard my dream be true;
I dreamd that the rottens cam thro the wa,
And cuttit the covering blue. |
| 6 |
'Ye'll rise, ye'll rise, my auld gudeman,
And see gin this be true;'
'If ye're wanting rising, rise yoursel,
For I wish the auld chiel ahd you.' |
| 7 |
'I dreamed a dream sin late yestreen,
And I'm feard my dream be true;
I dreamd that the clerk and our ae dother
War rowed in the covering blue. |
| 8 |
'Ye'll rise, ye'll rise, my auld gudeman,
And see gin this be true:'
'If ye're wanting rising, rise yoursel,
For I wish the auld chiel had you.' |
| 9 |
But up she raise, and but she gaes,
And she fell into the gin;
He gied the tow a clever tit,
That brought her out at the lum. |
| 10 |
'Ye'll rise, ye'll rise, my auld gudeman,
Ye'll rise and come to me now,
For him that ye've gien me sae lang till,
I fear he has gotten me now.' |
| 11 |
'The grip that he's gotten, I wish he may haud,
And never let it gae,
For atween you and your ae dother
I rest neither nicht nor day.' |
