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My boy Tammy.
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Whar hae ye been a day, my boy Tammy v*har hae ye been a* day
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And whar gat ye that young thing my hey Tammy 1
I gat her down in yonder how,
Smiling on a broomy kno*,
Herding as wee Lamb and Ewe for her poor Mammy.
• What faid yc to the bonny bairn my boy Tam/ny?
1 pr-):Vd her sen fae lovely blue,
Her dimpled ch^ek, and cherry mou;
I pree'd it aft as ye may true _She faid, fhe'd tell her Mammy.
I held her to my beating heart M my young my fmiling Lam my.
"I hae a houfe_it coft me dear,
"I've walth o' plenifhan and geer;
"Ye'fe get it a' war't ten times mair, gin ye will leave your Mammy.
The fmile gade aff her bonny face —""I manna leave my Mammy.
".She's ge'en me meat; fhe's gc-en me claife;
.She's been my comfort a' my days _
"My Fathers death brought mony wae s _I canna leave my Mammy.
"We'll tak her hame and mak her fain, my ain kind hearted Lammy.
"We'll gee her meat; we'll gee her claife,
"We'll be her comfort a' her days';
The wee thing piW her hand and fa>-s "There! gang and afk my Mamr
Has fhe been to Kirk wi' thee my boy Tammy?
S'J.e hna been to Kirk wi' me.
And the tear was in her ee, ;
Kut OhI fhe's but a yorng th'ng -jult come frae her Mamim ■'.