‘Tel me the truth and the verity.
29.
‘What’s that theife?’ quo’ the good Laird’s Jock,
‘See unto me ye do not lie.
Dick o’ the Cow has been in the stable this last nicht,
And has my brother’s horse and mine frae me.’
30.
‘Ye wad never be tel’d it,’ quo’ the Laird’s Jock,
‘Have ye not found my tales fu’ leel?
Ye wad never out of England bide,