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204 POPULAR RHYMES OF SCOTLAND.
Where they grew, and they grew,
To a milk-white doo,
That took its wings,
And away it flew.
And it flew till it came to where twa women were washing
claes, and it sat down on a stane, and cried —
' Pew^, pew,
My minny me slew,
My daddy me chew,
My sister gathered my banes,
And put them between twa milk-white stanes ;
And I grew, and I gi*ew.
To a milk-white doo.
And I took to my wings, and away I flew.'
^ Say that owre again, my bonny bird, and we'll gie ye a'
thir claes,' says the women.
* Pew, pew,
My minny me slew,' &c.
And it got the claes ; and then flew till it came to a man
counting a great heap o' siller, and it sat down and cried —
' Pew, pew.
My minny me slew,' &c.
'Say that again, my bonny bird, and I'll gie ye a' this
siller,' says the man.
' Pew, pew,
My minny me slew,' &c.
And it got a' the siller ; and syne it flew till it came to twa
millers grinding corn, and it cried —
' Pew, pew.
My minny me slew,' &c.
' Say that again, my bonny bird, and I'll gie ye this mill-
stane,' says the miller.
' Pew, pew,
My minny me slew,' &c.
And it gat the millstane ; and syne it flew till it lighted on
its father's house-top. It threw sma' stanes down the lum,
and Katy came out to see what was the matter ; and the
doo threw a' the claes to her. Syne the father came out,
and the doo threw a' the siller to him. And syne the mother
cam out, and the doo threw down the millstane upon her