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 THE

Coalman's Courtship

TO THE

CREEL-WIFE'S DAUGHTER.

PART I

LL you that's curious of Courtship give attention to the history of Mary and her son Sawny, a young Coalman; 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 married wife, nine years a widow, and was very chaste in her behaviour, wi' her ain tale, for want o' chargin', for a the time o' her widowhood 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 loon, full fac'd, wi' flabby cheeks, duddy