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 COALMAN'S COURTSHIP. 3 erring banes: He took thick broſe to his breakfaſt and baps and ale thro' he day, and when the coals fell'd dear and the wind was cald, bought an oven arle and twa Dumbar Wadders, or a Glaſgow Magiſtrate, which fiſh-wives a'a Waſlen-herrin. His mither auld Mary, plagued him ay in the morning, ſhe got up when the hens keckled, ringed the ribs, blew her ſnotter-box, primed her noſe, kin- Hled her tobacco-pipe, and at every puff reathed out fretting againſt her hard ortune, and lanely ſingle life. O but widow be a poor name, but I live in wilderneſs in this lang-lonen; ſnony man gaes by my door, but few folks ooks in to poor Mary! Hoch, hey, will I never win out o' this weary'd life Wa, Fawny man, wa' Sawny man, wilt thou a rife the day, the fun's up, an'a' the ibours round about; Willie and Caar- Te is to the bill an hour Tyne, an' ha'f ate hame again. Wilt thou rife an' i'e the beaſts a bite; thou minds na' them I wat man. Grump, Grump,quo' awny, they got their ſupper an hour fter I got mine. Shut to dead come