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4 The night was cauld and dingin' wat,

and wow but it was mirk,

The little doggie heard a foot,

an' it began to bark?

An' when the doggie barked,

she kent it was nae she

O weel kens my Dussukie

that this is no me. that this is, &

When Johnny heard his Bessy's foot

faft to the door he ran;

Cryin', come awa my Bessukie;

it's no me, goodman:

Be kindly to my bairns a',

an' weel may you be;

Fare ye weel, my Johnny, lad,

for this is no me for this is, &c

John ran to the Minister,

his hair stood on an end;

I hae gotten sic a fright, Sir,

I fear I ll never mend:

My wife's come home without a head,

cryin' out most bitterly,

Fare ye weel, my Johnny, lad,

for this is no me. for this is, &c.

The tale you tell seems wondrous strange,

seems wondrous strange to me,

To think a wife without a head

could either speak or see,

The things that happen here awa',

are wonderin' to me;