And all that her father said to her
Was, Dear daughter, ye’ve tarried long.
13
‘O there cam a tod amang my yowes,
An a waefu tod was he;
Afore he had taen my wee yowe-lamb,
I wad rather he had taen ither three.’
15
It happened on a day, and a bonny summer day,
As she was ca’in in her father’s kye,