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 7 Till o’er my head the chamber pot In twenty pieces it is broke. And then I’m forc’d to flee, man

But, Jamie, when ye wale a wife. Lay beauty a’ aside, man, The pleasures o' a virtuous wife Are beyond a bonny bride, man. Think on their wild deceitfu’ ways, Their painted cheeks and bonny claes, They’re like a stocking fu’ o’ flaes, That will torment ye a’ your days, Until the day ye die, man.

THE HIGLAND WIDOW’S LAMENT.

Oh! I am come to the low countrie, Ochon, ochon, ochrie! Without a penny in my purse, To buy a meal to me.

It was nae sae in the Highland hills, Ochon, ochon, ochrie! Nae woman in the country wide Sae happy was as me.

For then I had a score o’ kye, Ochon, ochon, ochrie! Feeding on yon hill sae high, nd giving milk to me.