The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . te* E3 fefe :p=pr kit JE Mc 3*=SZ The ew-ie wi the crook-it horn! Wha had kent her might hae sworn, Sic a ewe was fe3 3^£S -J^J- \>m. f m r^ ??2- mf :> 0 ±_ m it ?iHE EWIE Wi THE CEOOKIT HORN ! 199 £^=fe^3. I never needed tar nor keil,To mark her upo hip or heel;Her crookit hornie did as weel,To ken her by aniang them a. She never threatend scab nor rot,But keepit ay her ain jog-trot;Baith to the fauld and to the cot,Was never sweirt to lead nor ca\ Cauld nor hunger never dang her,Wind nor weet could never wrang her;Ance she
The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . te* E3 fefe :p=pr kit JE Mc 3*=SZ The ew-ie wi the crook-it horn! Wha had kent her might hae sworn, Sic a ewe was fe3 3^£S -J^J- \>m. f m r^ ??2- mf :> 0 ±_ m it ?iHE EWIE Wi THE CEOOKIT HORN ! 199 £^=fe^3. I never needed tar nor keil,To mark her upo hip or heel;Her crookit hornie did as weel,To ken her by aniang them a. She never threatend scab nor rot,But keepit ay her ain jog-trot;Baith to the fauld and to the cot,Was never sweirt to lead nor ca\ Cauld nor hunger never dang her,Wind nor weet could never wrang her;Ance she lay an ouk2 and langerFurth aneath a wreath o snaw. Whan ither evries lap the dyke,And ate the kail for a the tyke,My ewie never playd the like,But tycd3 about the barn wa\ A better, or a thriftier beast,Nae honest man could weel hae wist;For, silly thing, she never mistTo hae, ilk year, a lamb or twa. The first she had I gae to Jock,To be to him a kind o stock;And now the laddie has a flock0 mair nor thirty head ava. I lookit aye at even for her,Lest mischanter shoud come oer her,Or the foumart* might devour her,Gin the beastie bade awa. My ewie wi the crookit horn,Weel deserved baith gerse and corn;Sic a ewe was never born,Hereabout, or far awa. 1 Overcame. 2 A wee
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