27

‘Throw me my irons, Dickie!’ he cries,

‘For I wat they cost me right dear;’

‘O shame a ma!’ cries Jokie Ha,

‘For they’ll be good shoon to my gray mare.’

28

‘Surely thy minnie has been some witch,

Or thy dad some warlock has been;

Else thow had never attempted such,

Or to the bottom thow had gone.