Old Mole / Being the Surprising Adventures in England of Herbert Jocelyn Beenham, M.A., Sometime Sixth-Form Master at Thrigsby Grammar School in the County of Lancaster

by Gilbert Cannan

Rolling, rolling in the heather,

All in the bonny August weather,

There was me and Leezy Lochy in the dingle,

There was Jock and Maggie Kay in the dell,

For ilka lassie has her laddie,

And ilka laddie has his lassie,

And what they dae together I’ll na tell,

But Leezy, Leezy Lochy in the dingle,

Is bonny as the moon above the heather.

Matilda sang the song all through and made Old Mole and Panoukian troll the chorus. There were a freshness and warmth about her that were almost startling, full of mischief and sparkling fun. She teased both the men and mysteriously promised them a great reward if they could guess a riddle.