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XXVll
Remember the promise that you and I made,
Doun i' the meadow, where we twa met.'
Says the mother, ' What noise is that at the door,
dauchter ?' — ' Hout !' says the lassie, ' it's naething
but a filthy padda!' — ' Open the door,' says the mo-
ther, < to the puir padda.' Sae the lassie opened the
door, and the padda cam loup-loup-loupin in, and sat
doun by the ingle- side. Then, out sings he :
' Oh, gie me my supper, my hinnie, my heart,
Oh, gie me my supper, my ain true love;
Remember the prom.ise that you and I made,
Doun i' the meadow, where we twa met.'
' Hout !' quo' the dauchter, ' wad I gie a supper to a
filthy padda?' — ' Ou, ay,' quo' the mother, ' gie the
puir padda his supper.' Sae the padda got his supper.
After that, out he sings again ;
' Oh, put me to bed, my hinnie, my heart,
Oh, put me to bed, my ain true love ;
Rtemember the promise that you and I made,
Doun i' the meadow, where we twa met.'
* Hout !' quo' the daughter, ' wad I put a filthy padda
to bed ?'— ' Ou, ay,' says the mother, ' put the puir
padda to his bed.' And sae she pat the padda to his
bed. Then out he sang again (for the padda hadna
got a' he wanted yet) :
' Oh, come to your bed, my hinnie, my heart,
Oh, come to your bed, my ain true love ;
Remember the promise that you and I made,
Doun i' the meadow, where we twa met.'
* Hout !' quo' the dauchter, ' wad I gang to bed wi' a
filthy padda ?' — ' Gae 'wa, lassie,' says the mother,
' e'en gang to bed wi' the puir padda.' And sae the
lassie did gang to bed wi' the padda. Weel, what
lower orders of the people in Scotland. One of the " twa mareit
women," whose tricks are so defdy delineated by Dunbar, says,
on one occasion, to her husband,
" My hinny, hald abak, and handle me nocht sair."