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Kempy Kay
KEMPY KAY—D
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The father came unto the door,And keeked thro the key-hole, a wee
And there he saw his dochter Jean,
Sitting on a coal. a wee
2
They scartit her, and scrapit her,Wi the hand o a rusty pan, a wee
Her father he did all his best
For to get her a man. a wee
3
She is to the stoups gane,There is nae water in;
She's cursed the hands and ban'd the feet
That did na bring it in.
4
Out then spak her auld mither,In her bed whare she lay:
‘If there is nae water in the house,
Gae harl her thro the lin.’
5
O she is to the taipy tapples gane,That stood for seven year,
And there she washed her foul face clean,
And dried it wi a huggar.
6
He's gien her a gay gold ring,Just like a cable-rope,
And she's gien him a gay gravat,
Made out o the tail o a sark.
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