John. “Awccent! I never heard tell that Fife folk had ony awccent!”

“THE HIELAND BEAUTY”

Mickle did I love my Jeanie,

Syn’ she wa’ a peekle weanie,[1]

Kittlin’[2] owre the flattit greenie,

A’ sae winsom’,

A’ sae hinsom’,

Dainty skirrock[3] Jeanie.

How I coodled[4] in her eekit,