He swoor 'twas hilchin Jean M'Craw, halting

Or crouchie Merran Humphie, hunchbacked Marian

Till stop! she trotted thro' them a';

An' wha was it but grumphie the sow

Asteer that night! Astir

Meg fain wad to the barn gane have gone

To winn three wechts o' naething;[15]

But for to meet the Deil her lane, alone

She pat but little faith in: put

She gies the herd a pickle nits, herd-boy, few