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( 3 ) 5 They’re ſeſſion’d and proclaim’d wi’ ſpeed,

An’ O I wat they had great need,

Says ſhe, I kent it was my creed,

To get a man ere eel,

Fair fa my canty carlie,

I’ll marry my canty carlie,

Then with my canty carlie,

I’ll dance a twaſome reel.

6. At length the marriage day appears,

But O alas great were their fears,

I wat they baith ſhed ſa’t tears,

The drift blew wond’rous keen;

For the day was dreary,

The bride ſhe was na cheary,

The bridegroom he was weary,

Wi’ lying lang him leen.

7. He ſays, my friends, will a’ convene,

Young men as briſk as e’er was seen,

To bring my bride from Aberdeen,

They’ll run an’ winna bide.

Now lads I am not joking,

It is a thing provoking,

And will be very ſhocking,

For me to want my bride.

8. Now rise up cook, get ale and ſaps,

To cram the lads frae kyts to craps,

To gar them big in laſſies taps,

As they bring hame my bride.

Mak haſte an’ dinna tarry,

For I’m in haſte to marry,

For fear that I miſcarry,

Before I get my bride