Out then spoke a bonnie wee burd,

And it spak sharp and keen:

‘O what did ye do wi your wee babie,

Ye had in your arms yestreen?’

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‘O I tyed it up in a napkin,

And flang it in the sea;

I bade it sink, I bade it soom,

‘Twad get nae mair o me.’

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