The other song is the Scottish version of the old fairy tale of the Frog Prince, and runs thus:—
THE LADYE AND THE FAIRY;
OR
THE PADDO'S SANG.
Oh, open the door, my hinnie, my heart! Oh, open the door, my ain true love! An' mind the words that you and I spak By the well o' the woods o' Wearie O!
Oh, gi'e me my castock,[44] my hinnie, my heart, Oh, gi'e me my castock, my ain true love, An' mind the words that you and I spak' By the well o' the woods o' Wearie O!
Oh, gi'e me my kail, my hinnie, my heart, Oh, gi'e me my kail, my ain true love! An' mind the words that you and I spak' At the well in the woods o' Wearie.
Oh, gi'e me your hand, my hinnie, my heart, Oh, gi'e me your hand, my ain true love, An' mind the words that you and I spak' By the well in the woods o' Wearie.
Oh, wae to ye now, my hinnie, my heart, Oh, wae to ye now, my wise fause love; Ye've broken the words ye gi'ed to me At the well in the woods o' Wearie!
There is a very pretty old tune to "The Paddo's Sang."
[ [44] Castock, cabbage-stock.
[ [45] Birrel's Diary; Anderson's MS. History of Scotland in the Advocates' Library.