‘Ye may gae hire a nurse, Willie,

An take yer young son hame;

Ye may gae hire a nurse, Willie,

For bairn’s nurse I’ll be nane.’

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She’s pu’d out the keys o her coffer,

Hung leugh down by her gair;

She said, Gie thae to my young son,

Thrae me he’ll neer get mair.’

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