Ewie Wi' the Crookit Horn



Oh, the yowie wi' the crookit horn

A' that kenned her could hae sworn

That sic a yowie ne'er was born

Here aboot or far awa'



But wad ye think for a' my keepin'

There came a nicken fen I was sleepin'

There came a nicken when I was sleepin'

And stole my yowie, horn an' a'



Oh, gin I had the lad that did it

I haw sworn as weel as said it

Though the de'il himsel' they should forbid it

I would gie his neck a thraw



She'd neither not carf nor keel

To mark upon her hip or heel

Her crookit horn it did as weel

To ken her o'er amang them a'



The yowie wi' the crookit horn

The yowie wi' the crookit horn

My ewie wi' the crookit horn

Is ta'en frae me and sto'n awa'



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collected from Lucy Stewart by Peter Kennedy

recorded on Folksongs of Britain 10

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