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First Line: Baloo, baloo my wee, wee thing
Last Line: To steal the eerie hours awa'!


Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing,
O softly close thy blinkin' e'e!
Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing,
For thou art doubly dear to me.
Thy daddie now is far awa',
A sailor laddie o'er the sea;
But hope ay hechts his safe return
To you, my bonnie lamb, an' me.

Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing,
O saftly close thy blinkin' e'e!
Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing,
For thou art doubly dear to me.
Thy face is simple, sweet an' mild,
Like ony simmer e'ening fa';
Thy sparkling e'e is bonnie black;
Thy neek is like the mountain snaw.

Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing,
O saftly close thy blinkin' e'e!
Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing,
For thou art doubly dear to me.
O but thy daddie's absence lang
Would break my dowie heart in twa,
Wert thou na left a dautit pledge,
To steal the eerie hours awa'!





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