...ye sure the news is true ? and are ye sure he's weel ? Is this a time to think o' wark ? make haste, fling by your wheel, Is this a time to think o* wark ! when Collin's at the door ? Gie me my cloak, 111 to the quay, and see him come ashore. What a tone of genuine...

...of wark Ye Jades lay by your Wheel Is this a time to spin a thread When Collin's at the door Reach my cloak I'll to the quay And see him come ashore And gie to me my bigonet My bishop's sattin gown For I'm mun tell the Bailie's* wife That Colin's in the...

...wark Ye jades lay by your wheel Is this a time to spin a thread When Collin's at the door Reach me my cloak I'll to the quay And see him come ashore And gie to me my bigouet My Bishop's sattin gown For I nmn tell the Bailie's* wife That Colin's in the...

...means, on the same principle, in the literal sense, a point in all, a mere nothing, a nonentity. " Is this a time to think o' wark, When Colin's at the door ? Kax me my cloak, I'll down the quay, And see him come a-shorc." This is manifestly a continuance...

...? Ye jauds, fling bye your wheel. 40 • There's nae luck about the house, When our gudeman's awa. Is this a time to think o' wark, When Colin's at the door ? Rax down my cloak — I'll to the key, And see him come ashore. Rise up and make a clean fireside, Put on the mickle pat ; Gie little...

...wheel. 40 There's nae luck about the house, When our gudeman's awa. Is this a time to think o' work, When Colin's at the door ? Rax down my cloak — I'll to the key, And see him come ashore. Rise up and make a clean fireside, Put on the roickle pat ; Gie little...

...sure the news is true ? And are ye sure he's weel ? Is this a time to think o' wark ? Make haste, lay by your wheel. Is this a time to think o' wark, When Colin's at the door? Gie me my cloak, I'll to the quay, And see him come ashore. For there's пае luck about the house,...

...about the house, There's nae luck at a'; There's nae luck about the house, When our good man's awa. Is this a time to think o' wark, When Colin's at the door? Gi' me my cloak, I'll down the key, And see him come ashore. There's nae luck about the house, &.-....

...Ye jades, lay by your wheel ! Is this a time to spin a thread, When Colin's at the door ? Reach me itude and perjury to me, as I from my very soul forgive gie to me my bigonet, My bishop's satin gown , For I maun tell the baillie's wife That Colin's in the...

...the house, There's пае luck at a', There's пае luck about the house, When our gudeman's awa. . key, And see him come ashore. Rise up and make a clean fireside, Put on the mickle pat ; Gie little...