DUNCAN DAVISON

There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg, called

And she held o'er the moors to spin;

There was a lad that follow'd her,

They ca'd him Duncan Davison.

The moor was driegh, and Meg was skiegh, dull, skittish

Her favour Duncan could na win;

For wi' the rock she wad him knock, distaff

And ay she shook the temper-pin. regulating pin of the spinning-wheel

As o'er the moor they lightly foor, went