Be Kind to Auld Grannie ------------------------------------------------- Be kind to auld grannie, for noo she is frail, As a time shatter'd tree bending low in the gale. When ye were bairnies tott, totting about, She watch'd ye when in, and she watched ye when out; And aye when ye chanc'd in your daffin and fun, To dunt your wee head on the cauld stanney grun', She lifted ye up and she kiss'd ye fu' fain, Till a' your bit cares were forgotten again. Then be kind to auld grannie, for noo she is frail, As a time shatter'd tree bending low in the gale