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 Collcclanca. 357

Fan I wis een I gaed my leen, Fan I wis twa I shot a craw, Fan I wis three I clim'ed a tree, Fan I wis four I gaed a glour, Fan I wis five

I didna thrive, Fan I wis sax

I got my smacks,

Fan I wis siven

I gaed to Stanehiven,

Fan I wis aucht

I carried a fraucht.

Fan I wis nine

I muckit the swine.

Fan I wis ten

I killed a hen.

Fan I wis eliven

I cam fae Stanehiven.

Fan I was twal

I fell into the draw-waal.

Fan I wis thirteen, fourteen I gaed to Aikey Fair,

Fan I was fifteen, saxteen Fat to dee there ?

Fan I was seventeen, auchteen

To buy an auld meer, Fan I was nineteen, twenty She was owre dear.

{Parish of Cruden.)