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 6 LOW DOWN IN THE BROOM. My daddy is a canker'd carle, He'll no twine wi' his gear, My minny is a scolding wife, Hauds a' the house asteer. But let them say, or let them do, It's a' ane to me For he' low down here in the broom, That's waiting on me. Waiting on me, my love Waiting on med For he's low down he's in the broom, That's waiting on me. My auntie Kate sits at her wheel, And sair she lightlies me; But weel I ken it's a' envy, For ne'er a joe has she. But let them say, &c. My cousin Kate was sair beguil'd, Wi Johnny in the glen;