[3] See note 17 on Halloween, p. 218.


THE RANTIN' DOG THE DADDIE O'T

O wha my babie-clouts will buy? [baby-clothes]
Wha will tent me when I cry? [care for]
Wha will kiss me whare I lie?--
The rantin' dog the daddie o't. [of it]

Wha will own he did the faut? [fault]
Wha will buy my groanin' maut? [ale for the midwife]
Wha will tell me how to ca't? [name it]
The rantin' dog the daddie o't.

When I mount the creepie-chair. [stool of repentance]
Wha will sit beside me there?
Gie me Rob, I seek nae mair,-- [Give]
The rantin' dog the daddie o't.

Wha will crack to me my lane? [chat, alone]
Wha will mak me fidgin' fain? [tingling with fondness]
Wha will kiss me o'er again?--
The rantin' dog the daddie o't.


LAST MAY A BRAW WOOER

Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen, [fine]
And sair wi' his love he did deave me: [sorely, deafen]