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 THE COALMAN'S COURTSHIP. TO THE CREEL-WIFE'S DAUGHTER. give attention to this hiſtory of Mary and her ſon Sawny, a young Coal- man, who lived in the country, a few miles from Edinburgh. Mary, his mither, was a gay hearty wife, had mair wantonneſs nor wealth; was 12 years a married wife, 9 years a widow, and was very chaſte in her be- haviour, wi' her ain tail, for want of chargin'; for a' the time o' her widow- hood there was never a man got a kiſs o' her lips, or laid a foul hand on her hind quarters Sawny, her ſon, was a ſtout young raw lown, full fac'd, wi' flabby cheeks, duddy breeks, and a ragd doublet, gade always wi' his boſom bare, ſome- times had ae gartan, a lingel or vaſh rape was good enough for Sawny. His very belly was a' fun-brunt, like a piper's bag, or the head of an auld drum; and yet his beard began to ſprout out like