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 ( 4 ) BESS IS BUT A GAWKIE. BLYTH young Beſs to Jean did fee, Will ye gang to yon funny brae, Where flocks do feed, and herds do ſtra And ſport a while wi' Jamie ? Ah na, laſs, I'll no gang there, Nor about Jamie tak nae care, Nor about Jamie tak nae care, For he's ta'en up wi' Maggie. For hark, and I will tell you, laſs, Did I not fee your Jamie paſs, Wi' mickle blythneſs in his face, Out o'er the moor to Maggie? I wat he gave her mony a kiſs, find Maggie took them ne'er amiſs ; Tween ilka ſmack pleas'd her wi' this, That Beſs was but a gawkie. For where'er a civil kiſs I ſeek, She turns her head, and thraws her cheek, And for an hour ſhe'll ſcarcely ſpeak, Who'd not call her a gawkie?