A Waukrife Minnie
a waukrife minnie whare are you gaun, my bonie lass, whare are you gaun, my hinnie? she answered me right saucilie, “an errand for my minnie.” o whare live ye, my bonie lass, o whare live ye, my hinnie? “by yon burnside, gin ye maun ken, in a wee house wi' my minnie.” but i foor up the glen at e'en. to see my bonie lassie; and lang before the grey morn cam, she was na hauf sae saucie. o weary fa' the waukrife cock, and the foumart lay his crawin! he wauken'd the auld wife frae her sleep, a wee blink or the dawin. an angry wife i wat she raise, and o'er the bed she brocht her; and wi' a meikle hazel rung she made her a weel-pay'd dochter. o fare thee weel, my bonie lass, o fare thee well, my hinnie! thou art a gay an' a bonnie lass, but thou has a waukrife minnie.