The auld pair o' tawse /
Linn, Harry.
[Dundee] : Poet's Box, 224 Overgate, Dundee,
[1880-1890?]
Dated from examination of text and style.
'This popular song can always be had at the Poet's Box, 224 Overgate, Dundee'.
First line reads: Weel dae I remember when I was but a bairn, / The lickings that I used to get when I did ony hairm; / For mother she was very strict, though loving, kind and good, / She made me aye behave mysel', as a guid bairnies should.
In one column.
Ballads, English