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SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
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would hae sworn, Sic a ew - ie ne'er was horn,
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Here - a - houts nor far a - wa\
O, were I able to rehearse,
My ewie's praise in proper verse,
I 'd sound it out as loud and fierce
As ever piper's drone could blaw.
My ewie wi' the crookit horn !
A' that kenn'd her would hae sworn,
Sic a ewie ne'er was born,
Hereabouts nor far awa'.
She neither needed tar nor keel,
To mark her upon hip or heel ;
Her crookit hornie did as weel,
To ken her by amang them a'.
She never threaten'd scab nor rot,
But keepit aye her ain jog-trot ;
Baith to the fauld and to the cot,
Was never sweir to lead nor ca'.
A better nor a thriftier beast,
Nae honest man need e'er hae wish'd
For, silly thing, she never miss'd
To hae ilk year a lamb or twa.