The Merry Muses of Caledonia/Whistle o'er the Lave o't

by Robert Burns

WHISTLE O'ER THE LAVE O'T.

A fragment of the old song on which Burns modelled his amended version.

My mither sent me to the well,
She had better gane hersel,
I got the thing I daur nae tell,
⁠Whistle o'er the lave o't.

My mither sent me to the sea,
For to gather mussles three;
A sailor lad fell in wi' me,
⁠Whistle o'er the lave o't.