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III. LOVE : HUMOROUS                       183
Lassie, lend me your braw hemp heckle, And I'll lend you my thrippling-kame;
My heckle is broken, it canna be gotten, And we'll gae dance the Bob o' Dumblane.
Twa gaed to the wood, to the wood, to the wood, Twa gaed to the wood—three cam hame;
An it be na weel bobbit, weel bobbit, weel bobbit, An it be na weel bobbit, we'll bob it again.
No. 205. My daddie was a fiddler fine.
Tune : The reel o1 Stumpie Scots Musical Museum, 1796, No. 457.
Chorus. Wap and rowe, wap and rowe, Wap and rowe the feetie ot; I thought I was a maiden fair, Till I heard the greetie oV.
My daddie was a fiddler fine,
My minnie she made mantie, O ; And I mysel a thumpin quine, And danc'd the reel o' Stumpie, O.