Little Wee Toorin Dow- Pitcairn; c.1820; Child R
Pitcairn's MSS., 1817-25. Three volumes in the writing of Robert Pitcairn; partly from printed sources. In the possession of the representatives of Mr James L. Mansfield, Edinburgh.
'Little Wee Toorin Dow'; Child Version R;
Pitcairn’s MSS, III, 11. “From tradition: widow Stevenson.”
1 ‘Whare hae ye been a’ day, my little wee toorin dow?’
‘It’s I’ve been at my grandmammy’s; mak my bed, mammy, now.’
2 ‘And what did ye get frae your grandmammy, my little wee toorin dow?’
‘It’s I got a wee bit fishy to eat; mak my bed, mammy, now.’
3 ‘An what did ye do wi the banes o it, my little wee toorin dow?’
‘I gied it to my black doggy to eat; mak my bed, mammy, now.’
4 ‘An what did your little black doggy do syne, my little wee toorin dow?’
‘He shot out his head, and his feet, and he died; as I do, mammy, now.’