OOR BAIRN.

When mither’s life was sair oppressed,
And a’ her nerves were strained and stressed,
Wha’ cam’ along wi’ virtues blest?
               - oor bairn

Wha’ fills us a’ wi’ joys unseen?
(The best wee lamb there’s ever been)
By this, of coorse, ye’ll ken I mean
               - oor bairn

Wha’ delves in Auntie’s sweetie poke?,
Wha’s aye aboot tae share the joke?.
Wha’ mony a time the tension broke?
               - oor bairn

T’ hae the wain aboot the hoose,
Is no like haein’ a timrous moose,
For, he’s never quiet; no! never doose
               - oor bairn

o’ a’ the folk wha’s life’s no gay,
Hoo mony, tae cheer a worthless day,
Must aften wish that they could hae
               - oor bairn

Nae frankincense, or gold, or myrrh,
We offered him, at his first stir,
But wha’d we gie oor hert’s life for
               - oor bairn