12

Wi mony a gaunt she turned her round,

And keekit through at a wee hole;

‘It’s by my sooth!’ the wee lassie goud say,

‘Our mear has gotten a braw brown foal!’

13

‘Lie still, lie still, ye lazy lass,

It’s but the moon shines in your ee;’

‘Na, by my sooth,’ the lassie goud say,

‘And he’s bigger than ony o his degree.’