...to the younger said, " Brother, we maun away. " The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin3 worm doth chide ; Gin we be miss'd out o' our place,...A sair pain we maun bide." " Lie still, lie still a little wee while, Lie still but if we may ; Gin my mother should miss us when she wakes, She 'll...

...we maun away. This is obscure : may it not be a corrupted spelling of a phrase denoting the dawn ? " The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin'* worm doth chide; Gin we be missed out o' our place, A. sair pain we maun bide." " Lie still, lie still but a little wee while,...

...Fashes — Troubles. 3 See Note, p. 376. When the youngest to the eldest ; " Brother, we must awa. — " The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' ' worm doth chide ; Gin we be mist out o' our place, . A sair pain we maun bide.2 " Fare ye weel, my mother dear ! Fareweel to barn...

...Linknou, And the wild-fowl chirped for day ; And the older to the younger said : ' Brother, we maun away. The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin'* worm doth chide ; Gin we be missed out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide.' • Fretting. ' Lie still, lie still a little wee...

...that effect— See Jetciiti Traditions, abridgedfrom Sitxtorf, London, 1732, vol. ii , p. 19. [S. 18 "The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin'* worm doth chide; If we be miss'd out of our place, A aair pain we maun bide.f 14 " Then fare ye weel, my mother dear!...

...to the youngest said, "'Tis time we were away; The cock doth craw, the day doth daw. The channeiing worm doth chide; Gin we be miss'd out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide." "Lie still, He still but a little wee while, Lie still but if we may; Gin my mother should miss us when she wakes,...

...the red, red cock, And up and crew the grey, The eldest to the youngest said, Brother, we maun away. The cock doth craw, the day doth daw The channerin' worm doth chide ; Gin we be missed frae out our place A sair pain we maun bide. And they've ta'en up their mother's mantle, And...

...once, And clapp'd his wings at a', Whan the youngest to the eldest said, " Brother we must awa'. " The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' ' worm doth chide ; Gin we be mist out o' our place A sair pain we maun bide. " Fare ye weel, my mother dear ! Fareweel to barn and...

...the cock-crowing as the signal for the ghosts to depart. The older says to the younger brother, — ' The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' worm doth chide ; Gin we be missed out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide.' The remonstrance of the younger brother is too...

...once, And clapped his wings at a', When the youngest to the eldest said, ' Brother, we must awa. " ' The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' worm doth chide ; Gin we be mist out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide.1 " ' Fare ye weel, my mother dear ! Farcweel to barn...