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.’


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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!