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The Little Man
THE WEE WEE MAN—G
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As I gaed out to tak the air,Between Midmar and bonny Craigha,
There I met a little wee man,
The less o him I never saw.
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His legs were but a finger lang,And thick and nimle was his knee;
Between his brows there was a span,
Between his shoulders ells three.
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He lifted a stane sax feet in hight,He lifted it up till his right knee,
And fifty yards and mair, I'm sure,
I wyte he made the stane to flee.
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‘O little wee man, but ye be wight!Tell me whar your dwelling be;’
‘I hae a bower, compactly built,
Madam, gin ye'll cum and see.’
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Sae on we lap, and awa we rade,Till we come to yon little ha;
The kipples ware o the gude red gowd,
The reef was o the proseyla.
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Pipers were playing, ladies dancing,The ladies dancing, jimp and sma;
At ilka turning o the spring,
The little man was wearin's wa.
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Out gat the lights, on cam the mist,Ladies nor mannie mair coud see
I turnd about, and gae a look,
Just at the foot o' Benachie.
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