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THE

COALMAN’S COURTS SHIP,

TO THE

CREEL-WIFE'S DAUGHTER.

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PART I

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ALL you thai arc curious of Courtship, 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 twelve years a or married wife, nine years a widow, and was very chaste in her behavious wi' her ain tale, for want o' chargin’; lor a the time o’ her widowhood there were never a man got a kiss o’ her lips, nor laid a foul hand on her hint quarters.

Sawny,her son, was a stout young raw lown, full fac’d, wi flabby cheeks, duddy