5
'What did she do with the banes o't?'
'She gae them to the little dog.'

6
'O what became o the little dog?'
'O it shot out its feet and died;' O make, etc.

N.

Kinloch's MSS, V, 347. In Dr John Hill Burton's hand.

1
'Fare hae ye been a' day, a' day, a' day,
Fare hae ye been a' day, my little wee croudlin doo?'

2
'I 've been at my step-mammie's, my step-mammie's, my step-mammie's,
I 've been at my step-mammie's; come mack my beddy now!'

3
'What got ye at yer step-mammie's,
My little wee croudlin doo?'

4
'She gied me a spreckled fishie;
Come mack my beddy now!'

5
'What did ye wi the baenies oet,
My little wee croudlin doo?'

6
'I gaed them till her little dogie;
Come mack my beddy now!'