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LORD RANDAL—N

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Kinloch's MSS, v, 347. In Dr John Hill Burton's hand.

1

Fare hae ye been a' day, a' day, a' day,
Fare hae ye been a' day, my little wee croudlin doo?’

2

‘I've been at my step-mammie's, my step-mammie's, my step-mammie's,
I've been at my step-mammie's; come mack my beddy now!’

3

‘What got ye at yer step-mammie's,
My little wee croudlin doo?’

4

‘She gied me a spreckled fishie;
Come mack my beddy now!’

5

‘What did ye wi the baenies oet,
My little wee croudlin doo?’

6

‘I gaed them till her little dogie;
Come mack my beddy now!’

7

‘What did her little dogie syne,
My little wee croudlin doo?’

8

‘He laid down his heed and feet;
And sae shall I dee now!’