It was the first thing we thocht, always, when some new stroke o' fortune came-- there'd be that much mair we could do for the bairn.

It surprised me to find hoo much they were offering me tae sing.

And then there was the time when they first talked tae me o' singin' for the phonograph! I laughed fit to kill masel' that time.

But it's no a laughin' matter, as they soon made me see.
It's no just the siller there's to be earned frae the wee discs, though there's a muckle o' that.

It's the thocht that folk that never see ye, and never can, can hear your voice.