The Merry Muses of Caledonia/Whistle o'er the Lave o't
WHISTLE O'ER THE LAVE O'T.
A fragment of the old song on which Burns modelled his amended version.
My mither sent me to the well,
She had better gane hersel,
I got the thing I daur nae tell,
Whistle o'er the lave o't.
My mither sent me to the sea,
For to gather mussles three;
A sailor lad fell in wi' me,
Whistle o'er the lave o't.