She’s taen him in her arms twa
And gied him kisses many:
‘My mother’s be as wae as thine!
We’ll baith lie in the Water o Gamery.’
G
Motherwell’s MS., p. 637; from the recitation of the wife of James Baird, forester at Dalrymple.
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‘O stay at hame, my ain son Willie,
And let your bride tak Johnie!