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Doon by the Hopetoun Quarry side
Doon in the mirk and cauld
Doon whaur the waters deep and wide
Doon in the mirk and cauld
On a simmers day when the sun wis high
Twa wee bodies in ropes were tied
Doon by the dark green waterside
Doon in the mirk and cauld
These bodies were taen tae the mortuary
Doon in the mirk and cauld
Smith and Littlejohn did agree
Doon in the mirk and cauld
Frae their teeth and banes these men could see
They were twa wee laddies aged seven and three
Doon by the dark green water side
Doon in the mirk and cauld
These twa men did further note
Doon in the mirk and cauld
A poorhoose mark on a dirty coat
Doon in the mirk and cauld
Broth wis the last meal they did eat
And they walked tae their deaths on their ain wee feet
Doon by the dark green waterside
Doon in the mirk and cauld
The polis asked folk far and near
Doon in the mirk and cauld
Had ony bairnies disappeared
Doon in the mirk and cauld
Yin cried William, yin cried John
Frae a Broxburn boarding hoose had gone
Doon by the dark green water side
Doon in the mirk and cauld
These mitherless bairns were seldom seen
Doon in the mirk and cauld
Wi their drunken faither sae cruel and mean
Doon in the mirk and cauld
But he tied them up and he weighed them doon
And he pushed them in and he watched them droon
Doon by the dark green water
side
Doon in the mirk and cauld
Patrick Higgins wis the faithers name
Doon in the mirk and cauld
He spak nae word o guilt or shame
Doon in the mirk and cauld
In the Calton Jail they hanged him high
For leavin his twa wee bairns tae die
Doon by the dark green water
side
Doon in the mirk and cauld
written by Gill Bowman and P6/7 of Greenriggs Primary for West
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