![]() “Well,” said his mother, “tell the big, big Coo there’s a sharp, sharp sword at the belt of the fine, fine laddie from the wars who sits beside the weary, weary lady with the golden hair, and she weeping for a sup o’ milk.”Īnd he told the big, big Coo, but she wouldn’t hold still. “Well,” said she, “tell the Coo there’s a fine, fine laddie from the wars sitting by the weary, weary lady with golden hair, and she weeping for a sup o’ milk.” So off he went and told the Coo, but she wouldn’t hold still, so back he went and told his mother. “Well,” said his mother, “go to the Coo and tell her there’s a weary, weary lady with long yellow hair weeping for a cup o’ milk.” “Mother,” says he, “Coo won’t hold still, stick won’t break, Butcher won’t kill without a silver penny, and wee, wee Mannie can’t milk big, big Coo.” ![]() “Hout!” says his mother, “go to the Butcher and bid him kill Coo.”īut the Butcher wouldn’t kill the Coo without a silver penny, so back the Mannie went to the house. “Mother,” says he, “Coo won’t hold still, stick won’t break, wee, wee Mannie can’t beat big, big Coo.” So off he went to get a stick from the tree, and said-īut the stick wouldn’t break, so back he went to the house. “Hout!” says his mother, “take stick and beat Coo.” “Mother,” said he, “Coo won’t stand still, and wee, wee Mannie can’t milk big, big Coo.” So off he went to his mother at the house. “Look at that, now!” said the wee, wee Mannie. “Hout!” said the wee, wee Mannie-īut the big, big Coo wouldn’t hold still. And out he went to milk her of a morning, and said -īut the big, big Coo wouldn’t hold still. ![]() ONCE upon a time, when all big folks were wee ones and all lies were true, there was a wee, wee Mannie that had a big, big Coo.
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