Ho thy way, my bonnie bairn, Ho thy way, upon my airm, Ho thy way, thou still may learn To say Dada sae bonnie!
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
But you're all right, you and the bairn?
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
The second half of "The Shadwell Folio," printed November 1st, 1888, besides being memorable for the first publication of his well-known "Ailsie, My bairn," and the exquisite "Old English Lullaby," contained "a homely little ballad," as Field described it, "which reminds one somewhat of 'Winfreda,' and which in the volume before us is entitled 'A Valentine.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson