"And whar gat ye that young thing, my boy Tammy?"
"I gat her down in yonder howe,[38]
Smiling on a broomy knowe,[39]
Herding ae wee Lamb and Ewe for her poor Mammy."
"What said ye to the bonny bairn, my boy Tammy?"
"I hae a house, it cost me dear,
I've walth o' plenishen and gear,[40]
Yese get it a', war't ten times mair, gin[41] ye will leave your Mammy.
"The smile gaed aff her bonny face—'I mauna leave my Mammy!
She's gi'en me meat, she's gi'en me claes,[42]