, O;
But downa-do's come o'er me now, [cannot-do is]
And, oh, I find it sairly, O! [feel it sorely]

WHA IS THAT AT MY BOWER DOOR?

'Wha is that at my bower door?'
'O wha is it but Findlay?'
'Then gae your gate, ye'se nae be here!' [go, way, shall not]
'Indeed maun I,' quo' Findlay. [must]
'What mak ye, sae like a thief?' [do]
'O, come and see,' quo' Findlay;
'Before the morn ye'll work mischief;'
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay.

'Gif I rise and let you in--' [If]
'Let me in,' quo' Findlay--
'Ye'll keep me waukin wi' your din;' [awake]
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay.
'In my bower if ye should stay--'
'Let me stay,' quo' Findlay--,
'I fear ye'll bide till break o' day;'
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay.

'Here this night if ye remain--'
'I'll remain,' quo' Findlay--,
'I dread ye'll learn the gate again;' [way]
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay,
'What may pass within this bower--'
'Let it pass,' quo' Findlay--
'Ye maun conceal till your last hour;' [must]
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay.

WILLIE'S WIFE

Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed,
The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie;
Willie was a wabster guid, [weaver good]
Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony body. [have stolen]
He had a wife was dour and din, [stubborn, sallow]
O, Tinkler Madgie was her mither; [Tinker]
Sic a wife as Willie had, [Such]
I wad na gie a button for her!

She has an e'e, she has but ane, [eye]
The cat has twa the very colour;
Five rusty teeth, forbye a stump, [besides]
A clapper tongue wad deave a miller; [deafen]
A whiskin beard about her mou, [mouth]
Her nose and chin they threaten ither;
Sic a wife as Willie had,
I wad na gie a button for her!

She's bow-hough'd, she's hem-shinn'd, [bandy, crooked]
Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter; [One, hand-breadth]
She's twisted right, she's twi