`````The wind it is roaring,
`````The rain it is pouring,
```And Sissy and I have been out for a walk;
`````But is n't it lucky,
````We both are so plucky,
```The rain cannot scare us from laughter and talk?=
`````I am her big brother
````(She hasn't another),
````And she's all the sister that ever I had.
````No girl could be nearer,
````Or sweeter, or dearer:
````She's my little lassie, I'm her little lad.=
`````It was in December
`````(We both can remember)
```I drew her about o'er the snow on my sled.
`````But all fun won't be going,
`````For though it's not snowing,
```There's rain to be kept from my wee Sissy's head.=
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