Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages

by Unknown

Here is another such visitor—one who considerately intrudes not all at once but little by little, bone by bone:

The Strange Visitor.

A wife was sitting at her reel ae night;

And aye she sat, and aye she reeled, and aye she wished for company.

In came a pair o' braid braid soles, and sat down at the fireside;

And aye she sat, and aye she reeled, and aye she wished for company.

In came a pair o' sma' legs, and sat down on the braid braid soles;

And aye she sat, and aye she reeled, and aye she wished for company.

In came a pair o' muckle muckle knees, and sat down on the sma' sma' legs;

And aye she sat, and aye she reeled, and aye she wished for company.