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SONGS OF ANGUS
III
Says I to Grannie, “ Keek up the glen
Abune by the rodden tree,
There’s a braw lad ’yont i’ the mune, ye ken.”
Says she, “ Awa’ wi’ ye, bairn, gang ben,
For noo it’s little I fash wi’ men
An’ it’s less that they fash wi’ me ! ”
IV
When I’m as big as the tinkler-man
That sings i’ the loan a’ day,
I’ll bide wi’ him i’ the tinkler-van
Wi’ a wee-bit pot an’ a wee-bit pan;
But I’ll no tell Grannie my bonnie plan,
For I dinna ken what she’ll say.
V
And, nicht by nicht, we will a’ convene
And we’ll be a cantie three ;
We’ll lauch an’ crack i’ the loanin' green,
The kindest billies that ever was seen,
The tinkler-man wi’ his twinklin’ een
And the lad i’ the mune an’ me !