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 11 To more amo the drift, (cause But as the kirk the king commands. Jays Jame*, we 11 go and join our hands, Far fear we lose our twall pund pawns, Kirk folk have unco creed. Therefore be still my dearie, There's nothing needs to fear tkMfc I'll gang tho- I be wearie, And climb the braes wi‘ speed. So after twr nights and a day, They busk again, to church they gae, A new year's gift auld James maun ha% A haill bonk to him alane; And tho‘ the man was ance so *tiH To go to kirk he hadna pith, He‘s souple in body, limb and litk, To get a wife gin e‘em. The nearest town that they eame by, The folk came out with shout and cry, Some shot, some mock'd.an some cried by, The like was never seen. He that's going to be wed, Wight be the lassies luckydad, Instead of lying in his bed, December link’d to June. Forward still they do repair, To Church, the Parson's ready there,. To say the word by grace and prayer, Thereby to make them one. And now they re join d in holyban% They ring‘s too wide,falls aff her han^, They carena now for kirk nor paw»% And ten menths brings a son; Thus y <u have heard the merry jest Of what ewneeras our worthiest guaet.