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 LXX. PUSSY-CAT

Pussy-cat high, Pussy-cat low, Pussy-cat was a fine teazer of tow.

Puss-cat she came into the barn, With her bag-pipes under her arm.

And then she told a tale to me, How mousie had married a humble-bee.

Then was I indeed ever so glad, That mousie had married so clever a lad.

LXXI. THE BONNIE PIT LADDIE

The bonnie pit laddie, the canny pit laddie, The bonnie pit laddie for me, O! He sits in a hole as black as a coal, And brings the white siller to me, O!

The bonnie pit laddie, the canny pit laddie, The bonnie pit laddie for me, O! He sits in his cricket, and hews in his jacket, And brings the white siller to me, O!

My bonnie keel laddie, my canny keel laddie , The bonnie keel laddie for me, O! He sits in his keel as black as the deil, And brings the white siller to me, O!