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hrough Liddeſdale lately I went, and muſing on did paſs, I heard a maid was diſcontent, ſhe ſigh'd, and ſaid, alas! All maids that e'er deceived were, bear part of this my woes; For once I was a bonny laſs, when I milk'd my daddy's ewes. O the broom, the bonny bonny broom, the broom of Cowden-knows, Fain I wad be in the ſouth country, to milk my daddy's ewes.

My love into the field did come, when my daddy was frae hame; Sug'red words he gave me there, prais'd me for ſuch a one; His bonny breath and lips ſo ſoft, and his alluring eye, And tempting tongue that woo'd me oft, now forces me to cry. All maids, &c.

He joy'd me with his pretty chat, ſo well diſcourſe could he, Talking of this thing, and of that, which greatly liked me. I was ſo taken with his ſpeech, and with his comely making; He uſed all the means could be, t'enchant me with his ſpeaking. All, &c.