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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1911, Page 4

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CUDDLE DOON. The bairnios cuddle doon at niclit >vi' muckle fauebfc an' din. "Oh. iry an , ! sloe]), ye waukrife rogue-': your father's comin' in." They never hce,! a word 1 speak, .! try to gie a Iroon, But aye I hap them up and cry, "Oh, l>niniie.s cuddle dnon!" "Wee, Jamie wi' the curly heid-~ho ayo sleeps nest the wa' — Bangs up an' cries, "1 want a - piece"- I lie. rascal starts them J rin and fetch them pieces, drinks —they stop a. wee the soon'— Then draw the blankets up and cry, <: Xoo. woanies. cuddle doon." But ere Jive minutes gang wee Rab cries oot frae 'neath the claes. ■'■'Mither, male . Tain gie ower at aivce; he's kittlin , wi' his taes." The mischief's in that Tain for tricks; he'd bother half the toon: But aye. I hap them up and cry, "Oh. bairnios, cuddle doon."

At length they hear their father's fitr.in' as he stocks the door. They turn their faces to the wa'. 'while Tarn pretends to snore. "Hao a' the weans been gude?" ho asks, as he puts off his shoon. '•'The bnirnios, John, are in their beds, rni' lang since cuddled doon." An' just a foro we bed oursels wo look at oor wee lambs: Tarn has his nirm voun 'wee Rab's neck, an' Rab his airm romv Tain's. J lift wen Jamie up the bed, an' as T ptrm'k each croon. I whisper till my heart fills up, "Oh, bainries, cuddle doon."" Thebnirnies end-rile doon at nicWt wi , \vV miith flint's dear to me; But srion th-c- big warl's cark an' care will qua ton doon their glee. Yet rtvme.'v.flbat will to ilka ane may ho who sits aboon Aye whisper, though their pows ho bauld. "Oh j bairnies cuddle doon."