Was their music saft an' kind, And it rockit them an' rockit them All in their bowers sae hie. Bonnie ran, etc. The mossy rock was there, An' the water lily fair, An' the little trout would sport about All in the sunny beam. Bonnie ran, etc. Tho' summer days be lang, An' sweet the birdies sang, The wintry night and chilly light Keep aye their eerie roun'. Bonnie ran, etc. An' then the burnie's like a sea, Roarin' an' reamin'; Nae wee bit sangster's on the tree, But wild birds screamin'. Oh, that the past I might forget, Wandrin' an' weepin'; Oh, that aneath the hillock green Sound I were sleepin'. In one other famous song, heard wherever Scotch music is sung, Lady Nairne interpreted the pathos, hardship, and suffering behind the strong, clear voices of the Newhaven fishwives, which may still be heard in the wynds and closes of Edinburgh as they march on their sturdy limbs with the heavy creels laden with the silvery fishes on their backs, and fill the air with their deep, melodious cry. CALLER HERRIN'. Wha 'll buy my caller herrin'? They 're bonnie fish and halesome farin', Wha 'll buy my caller herrin', New drawn frae the Forth. When ye were sleepin' on your pillows, Dream'd ye aught o' our fine fellows, Darkling as they faced the billows A' to fill the woven willows. Buy my caller herrin', New drawn frae the Forth. Wha 'll buy my caller herrin'? They 're no bought without brave darin'; Buy my caller herrin', Haled thro' wind and rain. Wha 'll buy my caller herrin'? etc. Wha 'll buy my caller herrin'? Oh, ye may call them vulgar farm'; Wives and mithers maist despairin' Ca' them the lives o' men. Wha 'll buy my caller herrin'? They 're bonnie fish and halesome farin', Wha 'll buy my caller herrin', New drawn frae the Forth. There are other verses to Caller Herrin', but they were merely occasional, intended to serve as a benefit to Nathaniel Gow, the son of the famous fiddler, Niel Gow, the composer of the air, who was seeking patronage in Edinburgh, and they only injure the effect of the first and perfect stanzas.