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As Maggie M'Apie sat driving her wheel, Blithe Maggie sung cheery, and Maggie sings weel, And thus she gaed on, an' wi' nae little glee— Sin' Johnie's turn'd Temp'rate how happy are we, He says an' he feels that he is better far, Than when he frequented the BULL or the STAR, He's aye hame in time, an' gangs sober to bed An' up in the morning aye wi' a hale head. The strongest he drinks now is Coffee or Tea! Sin' Johnie's turn'd Temp'rate how happy are we;

He wasna lang enter'd an' ere Johnie wist, We had ham on the eleek, an' meal in the kist, For now he takes care an' brings home his bau- An' we never want a bit butter or cheese. [bees, The weans are fa' eanty, au' liker their meat We are never fash'd wi' him steppin' out late; Than they us'd to be, when John took his , What then gaed for whisky we now hae in bread. The strongest he drinks now. &c.