with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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My kimmer and I lay down to sleep,
And twa pintstoups at our bed-feet
And ay when we waken'd, we drank them dry
What think ye of my wee kimmer and I ?
Todlen buty and todlen ben,^
Sae round as mi/ looDe comes todlen hame.
Leez me on liquor, my todlen dow,
Ye're ay sae good humour'd when weeting your mou
'
When sober sae sour, ye'll fight wi' a flee,
That 'tis a blyth sight to the bairns and me.
When todlen hame, todlen hame.
When round as a neep ye come todlen hame.
CAULD KAIL IN ABERDEEN.
This song is by the Duke of Gordon.—The old
verses are.
There's cauld kail in Aberdeen^,
And castocks in Strabogie ;
When ilka lad maun hae his lass.
Then fye, gie me my cogie.
* But and ben, is the outer and inner room. In low farm=
houses of two rooms, the outer room is called the but, and the
inner one the ben.