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 He took her to his lodging-house, His landlady looked ben; Says, many ladies in Edinburgh I've seen, But never such a one ; For such a pretty face as this In it I never saw, Go make her up a down-bed, And lay her next the wa'.

O hold away from me, kind Sir, I pray you let me be ; For I will not go to your bed, Till you dress me dishes three ; Dishes three you must dress to me, If I should eat them a', Before that I lie in your bed, Either at stock or wa'.

O I must have to my supper, A cherry without a stone; And I must have to my supper, A chicken without a hone; And I must have to my supper, A bird without a ga', Before I lie into your bed, Either at stock or wa'.

When the cherry is into the bloom, I'm sure it hain no stone;