12
'O father, O father, gae fish yeer mill-dam,
There's either a lady or a milk-[white] swan.'
In etc.
13
The miller cam out wi his lang cleek,
And he cleekit the lady out by the feet.
From the bonny milldam, etc.
14
Ye wadna kend her pretty feet,
The American leather was sae neat.
In etc.
15
Ye wadna kend her pretty legs,
The silken stockings were so neat tied.
In etc.
16
Ye wadna kend her pretty waist,
The silken stays were sae neatly laced.
In etc.
17
Ye wadna kend her pretty face,
It was sae prettily preend oer wi lace.
In etc.
18
Ye wadna kend her yellow hair,
It was sae besmeared wi dust and glar.
In etc.
19
By cam her father's fiddler fine,
And that lady's spirit spake to him.
From etc.
20
She bad him take three taits o her hair,
And make them three strings to his fiddle sae rare.
At etc.
21
'Take two of my fingers, sae lang and sae white,
And make them pins to your fiddle sae neat.'
At etc.