The owner of a pleasant spot,
Near sandy wilds, I last did note ; 1
A heart too warm, a pulse too hot

At times, o'erran :

But large in ev'ry feature wrote,

Appear'd, the Man.

THE RANTIN DOG, THE DADDIE O'T.2
Tune-" Whare 'll our gudeman lie."

O WHA my babie-clouts will buy?
O wha will tent 3 me when I cry
Wha will kiss me where I lie ?

The rantin dog, the daddie o't.

?

O wha will own he did the faut ?
O wha will buy the groanin maut ? a
O wha will tell me how to ca't?

The rantin dog, the daddie o't.
When I mount the creepie-chair,"
Wha will sit beside me there?
Gie me Rob, I'll seek nae mair,
The rantin dog, the daddie o't.

6

Wha will crack to me my lane ?
Wha will mak me fidgin fain? 7
Wha will kiss me o'er again?

The rantin dog, the daddie o't.

1 Orangefield.-R. B.

4

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2 Burns added the following note in the copy of the "Museum" which belonged to Mr. Riddell :—“I composed this song pretty early in life, and sent it to a young girl, a particular acquaintance of mine, who was at that time under a cloud." The "young girl' was, in all probability, Jean Armour.

3 heed.

4 ale drunk after a woman's delivery. the penance-stool. 6 talk. 7 eagerly fond.

HERE'S HIS HEALTH IN WATER.'

Tune-"The Job of Journey-work."

ALTHO' my back be at the wa',
And tho' he be the fautor;
Altho' my back be at the wa',

2

Yet, here's his health in water.
O wae gae by his wanton sides,
Sae brawlie's he could flatter;
Till for his sake I'm slighted sair,

3

And dree the kintra clatter:
But tho' my back be at the wa',
Yet here's his health in water!

1 Stenhouse states that Burns threw this song off in allusion to his own and Jean Armour's predicament before their marriage.

2 defaulter.

3 endure.

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