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33. Kempy Kay

33a: Kempy Kay

33a.1 Kempy
KAYEs a wooing gane,
Far, far ayont the sea,
And he has met with an auld, auld man,
His gudefaythir to be.
33A.2 Its Im coming to court your daughter dear,
And some part of your gear:
And by my sooth, quoth Bengoleer,
Shell sare a man a wear.
33A.3 My dochter shes a thrifty lass,
She span seven year to me,
And if it were weel counted up,
Full three heire it would be.
33A.4 Whats the matter wi you, my fair creature,
You look so pale and wan?
Im sure you was once the fairest creature
That ever the sun shined on.
33A.5 Gae scrape yoursel, and gae scart yoursel,
And mak your brucket face clean,
For the wooers are to be here to nighte,
And your bodys to be seen.
33A.6 Sae they scrapit her, and they scartit her,
Like the face of an aussy pan;
Syne in cam Kempy Kay himself,
A clever and tall young man.
33A.7 His teeth they were like tether-sticks,
His nose was three fit lang,
Between his shouthers was ells three,
And tween his eyne a span.
33A.8 He led his dochter by the hand,
His dochter ben brought he:
O is she not the fairest lass
Thats in great Christendye?
33A.9 Ilka hair intil her head
Was like a heather-cowe,
And ilka louse anunder it
Was like a bruckit ewe.
33A.10 She had tauchy teeth and kaily lips,
And wide lugs, fou o hair;
Her pouches fou o peasemeal-daighe
A hinging down her spare.
33A.11 Ilka eye intil her head
Was like a rotten plumbe,
And down browed was the queyne,
And sairly did she gloom.
33A.12 Ilka nail upon her hand
Was like an iron rake,
And ilka tooth intil her head
Was like a tether-stake.
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33a.13
She gied to him a gravat,
O the auld horses sheet,
And he gied her a gay gold ring,
O the auld couple-root.

33b: Kempy Kay

33b.1 Kempy Kaye
is a wooing gane,
Far ayont the sea,
And there he met wi auld Goling,
His gudefather to be, be,
His gudefather to be.
33B.2 Whar are ye gaun, O Kempy Kaye,
Whar are ye gaun sae sune?
O I am gaun to court a wife,
And think na ye thats a weel dune?
33B.3 An ye be gaun to court a wife,
As ye do tell to me,
Tis ye sall hae my Fusome Fug,
Your ae wife for to be.
33B.4 Whan auld Goling cam to the house,
He lookit thro a hole,
And there he saw the dirty drab
Just whisking oure the coal.
33B.5 Rise up, rise up my Fusome Fug,
And mak your foul face clean,
For the brawest wooer that ere ye saw
Is come develling doun the green.
33B.6 Up then rose the Fusome Fug,
To mak her foul face clean;
And aye she cursed her mither
She had na water in.
33B.7 She rampit out, and she rampit in,
She rampit but and ben;
The tittles and tattles that hang frae her tail
Wad muck an acre o land.
33B.8 She had a neis upon her face
Was like an auld pat-fit;
Atween her neis bot an her mou
Was inch thick deep wi dirt.
33B.9 She had twa een intil her head
War like twa-rotten plums;
The heavy brows hung doun her face,
And O I vow she glooms!
33B.10 He gied to her a braw silk napkin,
Was made o an auld horse-brat:
I neer wore a silk napkin a my life,
But weel I wat Ise wear that.
33B.11 He gied to her a braw gowd ring,
Was made frae an auld brass pan:
I neer wore a gowd ring in a my life,
But now I wat Ise wear ane.
33B.12 Whan thir twa lovers had met thegither,
O kissing to get their fill,
The slaver that hang atween their twa gabs
Wad hae tetherd a ten year auld bill.

33c: Kempy Kay

33c.1 Kempy
KAYEs a wooing gane,
And far beyond the sea, a wee
And there he met wi Drearylane,
His gay gudefather to be. a wee
33C.2 Gude een, gude een, quo Drearylane,
Gude een, gude een, quo he, a wee
Ive come your dochters love to win,
I kenna how it will do. a wee
33C.3 My dochter shes a thrifty lass,
Shes spun this gay seven year,
And if it come to gude guiding,
It will be half a heer.
33C.4 Rise up, rise up, ye dirty slut,
And wash your foul face clean;
The wooers will be here the night
That suld been here yestreen.
33C.5 They took him ben to the fire en,
And set him on a chair;
He looked on the lass that he loved best,
And thought she was wondrous fair.
33C.6 The een that was in our brides head
Was like twa rotten plooms;
She was a chaunler-chaftit quean,
And O but she did gloom!
33C.7 The skin that was on our brides breast
Was like a saffron bag,
And aye her hand was at her neek,
And riving up the scabs.
33C.8 The hair that was on our brides head
Was like a heather-cow,
And every louse that lookit out
Was like a brockit ewe.
33C.9 Betwixd Kempys shouthers was three ells,
His nose was nine feet lang,
His teeth they were like tether sticks,
Between his eyne a span.
33C.10 So aye they kissed, and aye they clapped,
I wat they kissed weel;
The slaver that hang between their mouths
Wad hae tethered a twa year auld bill.

33d: Kempy Kay

33d.1 * * * *
The father came unto the door,
And keeked thro the key-hole, a wee
And there he saw his dochter Jean,
Sitting on a coal. a wee
33D.2 They scartit her, and scrapit her,
Wi the hand o a rusty pan, a wee
Her father he did all his best
For to get her a man. a wee
33D.3 She is to the stoups gane,
There is nae water in;
Shes cursed the hands and band the feet
That did na bring it in.
33D.4 Out then spak her auld mither,
In her bed whare she lay:
If there is nae water in the house,
Gae harl her thro the lin.
33d.5 O
she is to the taipy tapples gane,
That stood for seven year,
And there she washed her foul face clean,
And dried it wi a huggar.
33D.6 Hes gien her a gay gold ring,
Just like a cable-rope,
And shes gien him a gay gravat,
Made out o the tail o a sark.

33e: Kempy Kay

33e.1 Gud
een, gud een, says Chickmakin,
Yere welcome here, says Drowsy Lane;
Im comd to court your daughter Jean,
And marry her wi yer will, a wee.
33E.2 My daughter Jeans a thrifty lass,
Shes spun these seven lang years to me,
And gin she spin another seven,
Shell munt a half an heir, a wee.
33E.3 Drowsy Lane, its hes gane hame,
And keekit through the hole, a wee
And there he saw his daughter Jean
A reeking oer the coal. a wee
33E.4 Get up, get up, ye dirty bitch,
And wash yer foul face clean,
For they are to be here the night
That should hae been here yestreen.
33E.5 Up she rose, pat on her clothes,
Shes washen her foul face clean;
She cursed the hands, she band the feet,
That wadna bring the water in.
33E.6 She rubbit hersel, she scrubbit hersel,
Wi the side of a rustit pan, a wee,
And in a little came Chickmakin,
A braw young lad indeed was he.
33E.7 His teeth they were like tether-steeks,
His nose was five feet lang;
Between his shoulders was nine yards broad,
And between his een a span.
33E.8 Ilka hair into his head
Was like a heather-cowe,
And ilka louse that lookit out
Was like a brookit ewe.
33E.9 Thae twa kissd and thae twa clapt,
And thae twa kissd their fill,
And aye the slaver between them hang
Wad tetherd a ten-pund bull.
33E.10 They twa kissd and they twa clapt,
And they gaed to their bed, a wee,
And at their head a knocking stane
And at their feet a mell, a wee.
33E.11 The auld wife she lay in her bed:
And gin yell do my bidding a wee,
And gin yell do my bidding, quoth she,
Yees whirl her oer the lea, a wee.

33f: Kempy Kay

33f.1 As I
cam oer yon misty muir,
And oer yon grass-green hill,
There I saw a campy carle
Going to the mill.
Refrain: And bar aye yer bower door weel weel,
And bar ay yer bower door weel.
33f.2 I
lookit in at her window,
And in at her hove hole,
And there I saw a fousome fag,
Cowering oer a coal.
33F.3 Get up, get up, ye fousome fag,
And make yer face fou clean;
For the wooers will be here the night,
And your body will be seen.
33F.4 He gave her a gay cravat,
Twas of an auld horse-sheet;
He gave her a gay goud ring,
Twas of an auld tree root.
33F.5 He laid his arms about her neck,
They were like kipple-roots;
And aye he kissd her wi his lips,
They were like mellers hoops.
33F.6 When they were laid in marriage bed,
And covered oer wi fail,
The knocking mell below their heads
Did serve them wondrous weel.
33F.7 Ilka pap into her breasts
Was like a saffron bag,
And aye his hand at her a.. e
Was tearing up the scabs.
33F.8 Ilka hair into her head
Was like a heather-cow,
And ilka louse that lookit out
Was like a brookit ewe.

33g: Kempy Kay

33g.1 King Knapperty
hes a hunting gane,
Oer hills and mountains high, high, high,
A gude pike-staff intill his hand,
And dulgets anew forbye,i, I, I,
And dulgets anew forbye.
33G.2 Then he met in wi an auld woman,
Was feeding her flocks near by, I, I, I:
Im come a wooing to your daughter,
And a very gude bargain am I, I, I.
33g.3
And shes awa to her wee hole house,
Lookd in a wee chip hole,
And there she saw her filthy wee flag,
Was sitting athort the coal.
33G.4 Get up, get up, ye filthy foul flag,
And make your foul face clean;
There are wooers coming to the town,
And your foul face mauna be seen.
33G.5 Then up she raise, an awa she gaes,
And in at the back o the door,
And there a pig o water she saw,
Twas seven years auld an mair.
33G.6 Aye she rubbed, an aye she scrubbed,
To make her foul face clean,
And aye she bannd the auld wife, her mither,
For nae bringing clean water in.
33G.7 King Knapperty he came in at the door,
Stood even up in the floor;
Altho that she had neer seen him before,
She kent him to be her dear.
33G.8 He has taen her in his arms twa,
And kissd her, cheek and chin:
I neer was kissd afore in my life,
But this night got mony ane.
33G.9 He has put his hand in his pocket,
And hes taen out a ring:
Says, Take ye that, my dearest dear,
It is made o the brazen pan.
33G.10 She thankd him ance, she thankd him twice,
She thankd him oer again:
I neer got a ring before in my life,
But this night hae gotten ane.
33G.11 These lovers bed it was well made,
And at their hearts desire;
These lovers bed it was well made,
At the side o the kitchen fire.
33G.12 The bolster that these lovers had
Was the mattock an the mell,
And the covring that these lovers had
Was the clouted cloak an pale.
33G.13 The draps that fell frae her twa een
Woud have gard a froth-mill gang,
An [the] clunkerts that hung at their heels
Woud hae muckd an acre o land.
33G.14 An ilka hair that was in their head
Was like a heather-cow,
And ilka tenant that it containd
Was like a linsteed-bow.
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