But I’se dwall noo wi’ you if ye like to try—

Hae ye wark for Aiken drum?

“I’ll shiel a’ your sheep i’ the mornin’ sune,[57]

I’ll berry your crap by the licht o’ the moon,

An’ ba the bairns wi’ an unkenn’d tune,

If ye’ll keep puir Aiken-drum.

“I’ll loup the linn when ye canna wade,

I’ll kirn the kirn, an’ I’ll turn the bread;

An’ the wildest fillie that e’er ran rede

I’se tame’t,’ quoth Aiken-drum!