THE WEE WEE MAN
As I was walking all alane,Between a water and a wa’,And there I spied a wee wee man,And he was the least that e’er I saw.His legs were scarce a shathmont’s length,And thick and thimber was his thie;Between his brows there was a span,And between his shoulders there was three.He took up a meikle stane,And he flang’t as far as I could see;Though I had been a Wallace wight,I couldna liften’t to my knee.“O, wee wee man, but thou art strang!O tell me where thy dwelling be?”“My dwelling’s down by yon bonny bower,O will you go with me and see?”On we lap, and awa’ we rade,Till we came to yon bonny green;We lighted down to bait our horse,And out there came a lady fine.Four-and-twenty at her back,And they were a’ clad out in green;Though the King of Scotland had been there,The warst o’ them might hae been his queen.On we lap, and awa’ we rade,Till we came to yon bonny ha’,Where the roof was o’ the beaten gowd.And the floor was o’ the crystal a’.When we came to the stair foot,Ladies were dancing jimp and sma’;But in the twinkling o’ an ee,My wee wee man was clean awa’.
As I was walking all alane,Between a water and a wa’,And there I spied a wee wee man,And he was the least that e’er I saw.His legs were scarce a shathmont’s length,And thick and thimber was his thie;Between his brows there was a span,And between his shoulders there was three.He took up a meikle stane,And he flang’t as far as I could see;Though I had been a Wallace wight,I couldna liften’t to my knee.“O, wee wee man, but thou art strang!O tell me where thy dwelling be?”“My dwelling’s down by yon bonny bower,O will you go with me and see?”On we lap, and awa’ we rade,Till we came to yon bonny green;We lighted down to bait our horse,And out there came a lady fine.Four-and-twenty at her back,And they were a’ clad out in green;Though the King of Scotland had been there,The warst o’ them might hae been his queen.On we lap, and awa’ we rade,Till we came to yon bonny ha’,Where the roof was o’ the beaten gowd.And the floor was o’ the crystal a’.When we came to the stair foot,Ladies were dancing jimp and sma’;But in the twinkling o’ an ee,My wee wee man was clean awa’.
As I was walking all alane,Between a water and a wa’,And there I spied a wee wee man,And he was the least that e’er I saw.
As I was walking all alane,
Between a water and a wa’,
And there I spied a wee wee man,
And he was the least that e’er I saw.
His legs were scarce a shathmont’s length,And thick and thimber was his thie;Between his brows there was a span,And between his shoulders there was three.
His legs were scarce a shathmont’s length,
And thick and thimber was his thie;
Between his brows there was a span,
And between his shoulders there was three.
He took up a meikle stane,And he flang’t as far as I could see;Though I had been a Wallace wight,I couldna liften’t to my knee.
He took up a meikle stane,
And he flang’t as far as I could see;
Though I had been a Wallace wight,
I couldna liften’t to my knee.
“O, wee wee man, but thou art strang!O tell me where thy dwelling be?”“My dwelling’s down by yon bonny bower,O will you go with me and see?”
“O, wee wee man, but thou art strang!
O tell me where thy dwelling be?”
“My dwelling’s down by yon bonny bower,
O will you go with me and see?”
On we lap, and awa’ we rade,Till we came to yon bonny green;We lighted down to bait our horse,And out there came a lady fine.
On we lap, and awa’ we rade,
Till we came to yon bonny green;
We lighted down to bait our horse,
And out there came a lady fine.
Four-and-twenty at her back,And they were a’ clad out in green;Though the King of Scotland had been there,The warst o’ them might hae been his queen.
Four-and-twenty at her back,
And they were a’ clad out in green;
Though the King of Scotland had been there,
The warst o’ them might hae been his queen.
On we lap, and awa’ we rade,Till we came to yon bonny ha’,Where the roof was o’ the beaten gowd.And the floor was o’ the crystal a’.
On we lap, and awa’ we rade,
Till we came to yon bonny ha’,
Where the roof was o’ the beaten gowd.
And the floor was o’ the crystal a’.
When we came to the stair foot,Ladies were dancing jimp and sma’;But in the twinkling o’ an ee,My wee wee man was clean awa’.
When we came to the stair foot,
Ladies were dancing jimp and sma’;
But in the twinkling o’ an ee,
My wee wee man was clean awa’.