My auld auntie Katie upon me takes pity,
I'll do my endeavour to follow her plan:
I'll cross him and rack him, until I heart-break him,
And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan.


TO DAUNTON ME

The blude-red rose at Yule may blaw,
The simmer lilies bloom in snaw,
The frost may freeze the deepest sea;
But an auld man shall never daunton me. [tame]

To daunton me, and me sae young,
Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, [false]
That is the thing you ne'er shall see;
For an auld man shall never daunton me.

For a' his meal and a' his maut, [malt]
For a' his fresh beef and his saut, [salt]
For a' his gold and white monie,
An auld man shall never daunton me.

His gear may buy him kye and yowes, [wealth, cows, ewes]
His gear may buy him glens and knowes; [knolls]
But me he shall not buy nor fee, [hire]
For an auld man shall never daunton me.

He hirples twa fauld as he dow, [limps double, can]