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THERE WAS A GOOSE

There was a goose,
They ca'd it Luce,
Was paidlin in a pool-ie;
By came a tod,
Wi' mony a nod,
And bade it till its Yool-ie.

He took her hame,
And [made her warm],
And put her on a stoolie;
He singet her claes,
And burnt her claes,
And gar'd her look like a fool-ie!
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Chambers PRS 1847, 186. Montgomerie SNR (1946), 24 (11)
has differs 1.3 It was 1.6 An bad her tell her Yule-y.
2.2 de-expurgated as warmed her wame 2.6 made.
MacLennan SNR (1909), 58 [Geuse . . . Leuce/ Was omitted
/ the Tod/ her . . . his/ 2.2 repeats 2.1/ set her/ 2.4-
5 He clippit her claes, an' pared her taes].

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