CXXXV.

[A north-country song.]

Says t'auld man tit oak tree, Young and lusty was I when I kenn'd thee; I was young and lusty, I was fair and clear, Young and lusty was I mony a lang year; But sair fail'd am I, sair fail'd now, Sair fail'd am I sen I kenn'd thou.

You shall have an apple, You shall have a plum, You shall have a rattle-basket, When your dad comes home.