Sin' the fa' o' the year. Sair trouble cam our gate, And made me, when it cam, A bird without a mate, A ewe without a lamb. Our hay was yet to maw, And our corn was to shear, When they a' dwined awa' In the fa' o The Kinnears [by H. Keddie]. - Page 131by Henrietta Keddie - 1852Full view - About this book
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