Wi' kauk and keel,[375] Ill win your bread,
And spindles and whorles[376] for them wha need,
Whilk is a gentil trade indeed 75
The gaberlunyie to carrie—o.
Ill bow my leg and crook my knee,
And draw a black clout owre my ee,
A criple or blind they will cau me:
While we sail sing and be merrie—o. 80
FOOTNOTES:
[349] Sc. of a tinker, beggar, &c. Thus he used to visit a smith's daughter at Niddry, near Edinburgh.
[350] Vol. ii. p. 203.
[351] [sly old man.]
[352] [simple or poor.]
[353] [beyond the fire.]
[354] [merrily.]
[355] [exclamation of admiration or surprise.]
[356] [merry.]