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So Robin an' our auld gudewife,
agreed to creep thegither
Now I hae Robin Tamson's pet
An' Robin has my mither.
agreed to creep thegither
Now I hae Robin Tamson's pet
An' Robin has my mither.
The Toom Meal Pock.
Preserve us a what shall we do
thir dark noballow d times?
We're surely dreeing penance now,
for sone most awfu' crimes
Sedition daurna now appear,
in reality or joke.
But i ka chiel maun mourn wi' me,
o' a hinging toom meal pock.
And sing Oh waes me.
thir dark noballow d times?
We're surely dreeing penance now,
for sone most awfu' crimes
Sedition daurna now appear,
in reality or joke.
But i ka chiel maun mourn wi' me,
o' a hinging toom meal pock.
And sing Oh waes me.
When lasses braw gade out at e'en
for sport and pasttime free,
I seemed like ane in paradise.
the moments quick did flee;
Like Venuses they a' appeared,
weel pouthered was their locks,
'Twas easy dune when at their hame,
wi' the shaking o' their pocks.
And sing Oh waes me
for sport and pasttime free,
I seemed like ane in paradise.
the moments quick did flee;
Like Venuses they a' appeared,
weel pouthered was their locks,
'Twas easy dune when at their hame,
wi' the shaking o' their pocks.
And sing Oh waes me
