He louted oure the saddle to her and gave her kisses three,
And he gave her fifty guineas, to pay the nourice-fee.
‘Oh had you been an honest maid, as I thocht ye wud hae been,
I would have made you lady of a’ the land, and then the Scotish queen.’
B. c.
From the recitation of Miss Jane Webster, Crossmichael, August 8, 1893; learned by her many years ago from her mother, Janet Spark.
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There was a jolly beggar, as mony a ane has been,
An he’s taen up his lodging in a house near Aberdeen.
Wi his yi yi yanti O, his eerie eerie an