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 12 COALMAN'ſ COURTſHIP. Gie her a man, ill thief ſtap a gowk in her are firſt, that may cry couckow whene'er ſhe ſpeaks o't, ſhe can do n- thing but icour ladies pils-pots, an keep clean the cirlie-whirles that hangs about the fire, haith The's o'er gentle brought ap to be a poor man's penny-worth. Heigh how, co' Sawny, an' it's een a great pity, for ſhe's a weel far'd luſty hiſſy, I had a great kindneſs for her. Matty. A weel-a-wat ſhe's no lingle- tail'd, ſhe may be a caff Led to a good fallow; but an' thou had ſeen me at her age I was a ſturdy gimmer : there was na a Hync in a' Dubby ſide cou'd lay a cur- pen to a creel wi' me: the ſient a fallow in a' Fife, but I wad a laid him on the braid o' his back an' a' his gear upper- moſt, I was næ a chicken to chatter wi' indeed laddie, I had a pair o'cheeks like a chapman's arſe an' a flank like an ox fae hae I een Sawny. Nae doubt, co' Swany, but ye had a pair o' beefy buttocks for your very cheeks hing like leather bags to this very day: but I'll tell you what I'm gaun to tell you, do you think that your Kate wad tak me an' I would come to court her.