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The First Bawbee.
Oh nane, I trow, in a' the earth
Was happier than me,
When in my wee breek pouch I got
My first bawbee.
Was happier than me,
When in my wee breek pouch I got
My first bawbee.
I turned it roun' and roun' wi' pride,
Syne toddled aff wi' glee,
To ware on something that was good
My first bawbee.
Syne toddled aff wi' glee,
To ware on something that was good
My first bawbee.
I met auld grannie at the door;
"Noo, Bab," says she, "tak' care
Nae feckless whigmaleeries buy
Whan you gang to the fair.
"Noo, Bab," says she, "tak' care
Nae feckless whigmaleeries buy
Whan you gang to the fair.
"A gaucy row, a soncy scone,
Is best for ane that's wee,
For muckle lies in hoo you ware
Your first bawbee."
Is best for ane that's wee,
For muckle lies in hoo you ware
Your first bawbee."
My grannie's words were soon forgot
When to the Fair I gaed,
An' saw sae mony fairhes there
On ilka staun' arrayed.
When to the Fair I gaed,
An' saw sae mony fairhes there
On ilka staun' arrayed.
I glowered at this and glanced at that
Wi' roving, greedy e'e,
Syne felt dumfounert hoo to ware
My first bawbee.
Wi' roving, greedy e'e,
Syne felt dumfounert hoo to ware
My first bawbee.
Here apples lay in mony a creel,
A' temp'in' to the view,
An' pears and plooms, whase very looks
Brocht water to my mou'.
A' temp'in' to the view,
An' pears and plooms, whase very looks
Brocht water to my mou'.
An' there were toshed wee picture-books,
A' spread oot nice to see;
They seemed to say, "Come here and ware
Your first bawbee."
A' spread oot nice to see;
They seemed to say, "Come here and ware
Your first bawbee."
I kenned the ane wid 'gust the gab,
The ither tell me how
Cock Robin fell that waefu' day
The sparrow drew his bow.
The ither tell me how
Cock Robin fell that waefu' day
The sparrow drew his bow.