The Puddy and the Mouse

(In braid Scots, please)



There lived a puddy in a well,

Cuddy alone, Cuddy alone

There lived a puddy in a well

Cuddy alone and I

There lived a puddy in a well

And a mousie in a mill

Kickmaleerie, cowden down

Cuddy alone and I.



Puddy he'd a wooin' ride

Sword and pistol by his side.



Puddy cam' to mouses wonne (dwelling)

Mistress mouse are you within?



Yes, kind sir I am within

Saftly do I sit and spin.



Madam I am come tae woo

Marriage I must have of you.



Marriage I will grant ye nane

'Till Uncle Rottan he comes hame.



Uncle Rottan's now come hame

Fye gar busk (to make ready) the bride alang.



Lord Rottan sat at the heid o' the table

Because he was both stout and able.



Wha' is that sits next the wa'?

But lady mouse baith jimp and sma'.



Wha is that sits next ty the bride?

But the sola (dirty) puddy wi' his yellow side.



Syne cam' the dewk but and the drake

The dewk took the puddy and gart (made) him squaik.



Then in there came the guid grey cat

Wi' a' the kittens at her back.



The puddy he swam doon the brook

The drake he catched him in his fluke.



The cat he pu'd Lord Rottan doon

The kittens they did claw his crown.



But Lady mouse baith jimp and sma'

Crept into a hole beneath the wa'

'Squeak', quo' she, 'I'm well awa!'





Recorded by MacColl & Seeger

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