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You must write a letter, Hazel, to say you're safe and happy, and he's not to worry. 'But I amna. Reddin frowned at the spontaneity of this. But he made her write the note. 'Saddle the mare, Vessons, and take this to the Mountain. 'You dunna mind how much began Vessons. But Reddin cut him short. 'Get on, he said, and Vessons knew by the tone that he had better.
"And amna I the best guide ye ever had in a' your life?" said Jenny, as she closed the conversation by assuming her place beside her husband and extinguishing the candle.
"Eh, sirs," said the old mendicant, as he took his place on the sheltered side of the large oak-tree to wait for his associate "Eh, sirs, but human nature's a wilful and wilyard thing! Is it not an unco lucre o' gain wad bring this Dousterdivel out in a blast o' wind like this, at twal o'clock at night, to thir wild gousty wa's? and amna I a bigger fule than himsell to bide here waiting for him?"
"Drop that! Idjit! What you doing?" yelled Jimmy. "Mary, ye goose!" panted Dannie, as he came hurrying across the yard. "Wha' do ye mean? Ye knew I'd be back in a minute! Jimmy juist called me to hear the Bass splash. I was comin' back. Mary, this amna fair." Dannie took the spade from her hand, and Mary fled sobbing to the house. "What's the row?" demanded Jimmy of the suffering Dannie.
"And amna I the best guide ye ever had in a' your life?" said Jenny, as she closed the conversation by assuming her place beside her husband and extinguishing the candle.
"A bear is seen upon the ice, Amna aya; Karsuk goes out to hunt the bear, Amna, amna aya, "The dogs get quick upon the trail, Amna aya; The dogs are pulling all they can, Amna, amna, aya. "The bear is running all he can, Amna aya; The bear gets tired and cannot run, Amna, amna aya. "He turns around to charge Karsuk, Amna aya; Karsuk jumps off and runs away, Amna, amna aya,
She had said she would never forgive him, and perhaps her very strength made it long before she did; but surely some subtle chord was touched by those heavy last words, for when, months later, her first love came back, faithful and tender, with his old tale to tell she would not listen. "Nay, lad," she said, "I amna a feather to blow wi' th' wind.
One person recites the story, and the listeners break in, every now and then, with a laughing chorus that is nothing more than a repetition of the meaningless words, 'amna aya', which are sung over and over to any extent. The women generally enjoy it the most, and sing the loudest, especially when a man is concerned.
" Nae doobt it wad be the expense?" "Amna I tellin' ye what it was? Deil a bit o' the expense cam intil the calcalation! The auld maiden's nane sae close as fowk 'at disna ken her wad mak her oot. I ken her weel. She wadna hae a stane laid upon her as gien she wanted to hand her doon, puir thing! She said, says she, 'The yerd's eneuch upo' the tap o' her, wantin' that!"
"They use the same amna-aya chorus when they sing over the dead, or sing praises of the dead, only instead of being lively, then it is sung in a solemn tone. I will repeat one called "Merakut, Merakut, Merakut dead! Amna aya; Merakut dead, her lamp is smoking, Amna, amna aya. Her children are crying, her baby is freezing, Amna aya; O, her hut and our hearts are all cold! Amna, amna aya."
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