"An' ye'd be better owning them

Than sittin' milkin' there.

"My house is bein, and stocket weel

In hadden and in ha',

"An' ye've but just to sae the word

Tae leddy be o' a'."

"Wheesht, laird," quo Peggy, "dinna mak'

Yersel a fule an' me,

"I thank ye, for yer offer kind,

But sae it canna be.