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Finlay's Scottish Ballads, II, 45.
1 Lammikin was as gude a mason
as ever hewed a stane;
He biggit Lord Weire's castle,
but payment gat he nane.
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2 'Where are the lads o this castle?'
says the Lammikin:
'They are a' wi Lord Weire, hunting,'
the false nourice did sing.
3 'Where are the lasses o this castle?'
says the Lammikin:
'They are a' out at the washing,'
the false nourice did sing.
4 'But where's the lady o this house?'
says the Lammikin:
'She is in her bower sewing,'
the false nourice did sing.
5 'Is this the bairn o this house?'
says the Lammikin:
'The only bairn Lord Weire aughts,'
the false nourice did sing.
6 'Still my bairn, nourice,
O still him if ye can:'
'He will not still, madam,
for a' his father's lan.'