...red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said : " 'Tis time we were 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." But the youngest — probably the favourite son...

...the eldest said, 'Brother, we must awa. • Al. • Nor fish be ' (? • Nor freahets *). • trench. 'The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin'...pain we maun bide. * Fare ye weel, my mother dear I Fareweel to barn and byre ! And fare ye weel, the bonny lass, That kindles my mother's fire." *****...

...eldest said, 'Brother, we must awa. • A I. - Nor fish be ' (? • Nor freshets '). • trench. 1 The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin'...A sair pain we maun bide. 'Fare ye weel, my mother dearl Fareweel to barn and byre ! And fare ye weel, the bonny lass, That kindles my mother's fire.'...

...chide ; Gin we be mist out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide. ' Fare ye weel, my mother dear 1 Fareweel to barn and byre ! And fare ye weel, the bonny lass, That kindles my mother's fire.' ***** A LYKE-WAKE DIRGE. [Contains popular beliefs common to Asiatic and Euiopean race*, as to the...

...mantle them about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; " The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' 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...

...channerin' worm doth chide : If we be miss'd out o' our place, ' Fare ye well, my mother dear ! Farewell to barn and byre ! And fare ye weel, the bonny lass, That kindles my mother's fire ! ' UNKNOWN. ALLEN-A-DALE ALLEN-A-!)ALE has no fagot for burning, Allen-a-Dale has no furrow for turning,...

...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 : If we be miss'd out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide. ' Fare ye well, my mother dear ! Farewell...

...the eldest said, ' Brother, we must awa'. ' The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channering l worm doth chide ; Gin we be mist out o' our place,...mother dear ! Fareweel to barn and byre ! And fare j^e weel, the bonny lass, That kindles my mother's fire.' " There is a fine touch of human continuity...

...of dawn, is the limit of ghostly liberty. Sometimes this is put in most expressive language :— " The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin'...mist out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide." The spirits of the blest, though less frequently than those which have earned an eternal doom, also...

...to the eldest said, 'Brother, we must awa. • Al. ' Nor Osh be ' (? ' Nor freshets .)• * trench. 'The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin'...be mist out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide. 4 Fare ye weel, my mother dear I Fareweel to barn and byre ! And fare ye weel, the bonny lass, That...