1. LAMMIKIN was as gude a mason as ever hewed a stane; He biggit Lord Weire's castle, but payment gat he nane.

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2. 'Where are the lads o this castle?' says the Lammikin: 'They are a' wi Lord Weire, hunting,' the false nourice did sing.
3. 'Where are the lasses o this castle?' says the Lammikin: 'They are a' out at the washing,' the false nourice did sing.
4. 'But where's the lady o this house?' says the Lammikin: 'She is in her bower sewing,' the false nourice did sing.
5. 'Is this the bairn o this house?' says the Lammikin: 'The only bairn Lord Weire aughts,' the false nourice did sing.

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6. 'Still my bairn, nourice, O still him if ye can:' 'He will not still, madam, for a' his father's lan.'
7. 'O gentle nourice, still my bairn, O still him wi the keys:' 'He will not still, fair lady, let me do what I please.'
8. 'O still my bairn, kind nourice, O still him wi the ring:' 'He will not still, my lady, let me do any thing.'

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9. The first step she stepped, she stepped on a stane; The next step she stepped, she met the Lammikin.

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10. 'O nourice, wanted ye your meat? or wanted ye your fee? Or wanted ye for any thing a fair lady could gie?'
11. 'I wanted for nae meat, ladie, I wanted for nae fee; But I wanted for a hantle a fair lady could gie.'

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12. 'I wish a' may be weel,' he says, 'wi my ladie at hame; For the rings upon my fingers are bursting in twain.'

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13. 'There's bluid in my nursery, there's bluid in my ha, There's bluid in my fair lady's bower, an that's warst of a'.'
14. O sweet, sweet sang the birdie, upon the bough sae hie, But little cared false nourice for that, for it was her gallows-tree.

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