The Rantin' Dog The Daddie O 'T
By Robert Burns
I.
O wha my babie-clouts will buy?
O wha will tent me when I cry?
Wha will kiss me where I lie? -
The rantin' dog the daddie o 't.
II.
O wha will own he did the fau't?
O wha will buy the groanin' maut?
O wha will tell me how to ca 't? -
The rantin' dog the daddie o 't.
III.
When I mount the creepie chair,
Wha will sit beside me there?
Gie me Rob, I'll seek nae mair,
The rantin' dog the daddie o 't.
IV.
Wha will crack to me my lane?
Wha will mak' me fidgin' fain?
Wha will kiss me o'er again? -
The rantin' dog the daddie o 't.
Notes to the poem:
The subject of this fine and humorous ditty was a girl of the name of Elizabeth Paton, a servant in his mother's house. She was the mother of the child he addressed as- "My sonsie, smirking, dear-bought Bess." "I composed it," says the poet, "pretty early in life, and sent it to a young girl, a very particular acquaintance of mine, who was at the time under a cloud."
Source Book
The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns
by Robert Burns
Copyright 1910
Published by Ward, Lock, and Co., Ltd
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