Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne With a Memoir and Poems of Caroline Oliphant the Younger: Edited by the Rev. Charles Rogers ... With a Portrait and Other Illustrations |
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THE TWA DOOS.
There were twa doos sat in a dookit;
Twa wise-like birds, and round they luiket;
An' says the ane unto the ither,
What do ye see, my gude brither?
Twa wise-like birds, and round they luiket;
An' says the ane unto the ither,
What do ye see, my gude brither?
I see some pickles o' gude strae,
An' wheat, some fule has thrown away;
For a rainy day they should be boukit,
Sae down they flew frae aff their dookit.
An' wheat, some fule has thrown away;
For a rainy day they should be boukit,
Sae down they flew frae aff their dookit.
The snaw will come an' cour the grund,
Nae grains o' wheat will then be fund;
They pickt a' up, an' a' were boukit,
Then round an' round, again they luiket.
Nae grains o' wheat will then be fund;
They pickt a' up, an' a' were boukit,
Then round an' round, again they luiket.
O lang he thocht, an' lang he luiket,
An' aye his wise-like head, he shook it;
I see, I see, what ne'er should be,
I see what's seen by mair than me.
An' aye his wise-like head, he shook it;
I see, I see, what ne'er should be,
I see what's seen by mair than me.
Wae's me, there's thochtless, lang Tam Grey,
Aye spending what he's no to pay;
In wedlock, to a taupie, hookit,
He's taen a doo, but has nae dookit.
Aye spending what he's no to pay;
In wedlock, to a taupie, hookit,
He's taen a doo, but has nae dookit.
When we were young it was na sae;
Nae rummulgumshion folk now hae;
What gude for them can e'er be luiket,
When folk tak doos that hae nae dookit.
Nae rummulgumshion folk now hae;
What gude for them can e'er be luiket,
When folk tak doos that hae nae dookit.
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