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 ( 3 ) Thy cherry cheeks. thy coal-black hair, a briskur laſs was never ſeen! here's nane with thee that can compare, in Edinburg or Aberdeen. that bonny fair doth me inſpire, ſince e'er thy lovely face I ſaw! Therefore, my dear, you need not fear to grant to me a kiſs or twa. Since I ha'e houſes and lands enough, to porti n me with any man, Gif you ſhonld take your w rd and rue, what wad become of Jeany then? Gif you have lands at your command, a good houſe wife you then will be ; think now for the prieſt we'll ſend, and then, my dear, we'll married be. But my minny ſent me to will, the right was dark, I c-uld not fee; My foot did flip, and I did fall, and Jockey feil a-top of me. But gin he be cunning, I'll be crafty, and gin he be crafty, I'll te ſhe, And was he the bonnieſt lad in a'the land, he's ne'er get anither bairn wi' me.