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 16 CHRIST'S KIRK Canto II,

Wi' gravie a' their beards did dreep, They kempit wi' their teeth; A kebbock ſyne that maiſt-cou'd creep Its lane, put on the ſheaſ, 160 In ſtows that day.

The bride was now ſaid in her bed, Her 'left leg ho was ſlung; And Geordy Gib was fidging glad, Becauſe it hit Jean Gun: 164 She was his Jo, and aft had ſaid, Fy, Geordy haud your tongue, Ye's ae'er get me to be your bride; But chang'd her mind when bung, 168 That very day.

Tehee, quoth Touſie, when ſhe ſaw The cathel coming ben, It pipen het gaed round them a', The bride ſhe made a fen 172 To fit in wylicote ſae braw, Upon her nether en; Her lad like ony cock did craw, That meets a clockin hen, 176 And blyth were they.

The Souter, Miller, Smith, and Dick Lawrie and Hutcheon bauld, Carles that keep na very ſtrict Be hours, tho' they were auld: 180 Nor cou'd they e'er leave aff that trick, But where good ale was ſaid,

160. A kebbock ſyne that 'maiſt cou'd creepits lane, puto the ſheaf.) A cheeſe full of crawling mites crown'd the feat. Y62. Her left leg ho-was flung.) The practiſe of throwin the bride groom or the bride's ſtocking when they are going bed: is well known: the perſon on whom it lights is to be ness married of the company. 169 Tehee.) An interjection of laughter. 276. Clockin hen.) A hatching her.