r may buy him kye and yowes, [wealth, cows, ewes]
His gear may buy him glens and knowes; [knolls]
But me he shall not buy nor fee, [hire]
For an auld man shall never daunton me.

He hirples twa fauld as he dow, [limps double, can]
Wi' his teethless gab and his auld beld pow, [mouth, bald head]
And the rain rains down frae his red bleer'd e'e--
That auld man shall never daunton me.

I'M OWRE YOUNG TO MARRY YET

I am my mammie's ae bairn, [only child]
Wi' unco folk I weary, Sir; [strange]
And lying in a man's bed,
I'm fley'd wad mak me eerie, Sir. [frightened, scared]

I'm owre young, I'm owre young, [too]
I'm owre young to marry yet;
I'm owre young, 'twad be a sin
To tak me frae my mammie yet.

[My mammie coft me a new gown, [bought]
The kirk maun hae the gracing o't; [must]
Were I to lie wi' you, kind Sir,
I'm fear'd ye'd spoil the lacing o't.]

Hallowmas is come and gane,
The nights are lang in winter, Sir;
And you an' I in ae bed,
In troth I dare na venture, Sir.

Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind
Blaws thro' the leafless timmer, Sir; [timber]
But if ye come this gate again, [way]
I'll aulder be gin simmer, Sir. [older, by]

MY LOVE SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET

My love she's but a lassie yet;
My love she's but a lassie yet;
We'll let her stand a year or twa,
She'll no be half sae saucy yet.

I rue the day I sought her, O,
I rue the day I sought her, O;
Wha gets her needs na say he's woo'd,
But he may say he's bought her, O!

Come, draw a drap o' the best o't yet;
Come, draw a drap o' the best o't yet;
Gae seek for pleasure where ye will, [Go]
But here I never miss'd it yet.

[We're a' dry wi' drinking o't;
We're a' dry wi' drinking o't;
The minister kiss'd the fiddler's wife,
An' could na preach for thinkin' o't.]

_Bessy and Her Spinnin'-Wheel_ stands by itself as the rendering of
the mood of contented solitude, and is further remarkable for its
charming ve