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Then well-a-day for a "cantie callant," A heart of gold and a soul of glee,— Sportsman, gentleman, squire and gallant,— Teacher, maybe, of you and me.

What do ye want, callant, that ye deafen my auld lugs like that?

You do it, my callant," said Mrs Carfrae with decision, "and she'll stand it right enough!

Now fancy the love-sick “callant” for the sake of Annie Laurie lying down to die; just fancy Annie Laurie without the Scotch; only fancy Annie Laurie in a sort of mixture of Canadianisms and Americanisms; fancy “toddy” without the whisky, and you have some idea of “Annie Laurie” as sung on board the Fulton while splashing away on Lake Ontario, somewhere between America and Canada.

A soft-spoken callant wi' reddish hair—a puir thin sort o' body wi' a ferrety face.