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Collcclanca. 357
Fan I wis een I gaed my leen, Fan I wis twa I shot a craw, Fan I wis three I clim'ed a tree, Fan I wis four I gaed a glour, Fan I wis five
I didna thrive, Fan I wis sax
I got my smacks,
Fan I wis siven
I gaed to Stanehiven,
Fan I wis aucht
I carried a fraucht.
Fan I wis nine
I muckit the swine.
Fan I wis ten
I killed a hen.
Fan I wis eliven
I cam fae Stanehiven.
Fan I was twal
I fell into the draw-waal.
Fan I wis thirteen, fourteen I gaed to Aikey Fair,
Fan I was fifteen, saxteen Fat to dee there ?
Fan I was seventeen, auchteen
To buy an auld meer, Fan I was nineteen, twenty She was owre dear.
{Parish of Cruden.)