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 10 He wooes me for cake and pudding He wad fain be forward if he wift how He wad gar you trow that the moon is made of green cheefe 330 Hens are aye free of horfes’ corn His auld brafs will buy a new pan His bark is war than his bite His heart s in his hofe His room's better than his company 235 His tongue’s nae His tongue’s no in his pouch Hooly and fair gang’s far in a day Hunger is good kitchen Hungry dogs are blythe of burften puddings 340 Hungry ftewarts wear mony fhoon I I Bake nae bread by your fhins I can fcarce belief you. you fpeak fae fair I canna afford you both lugs I have gi’en a ftick to break my ain head 345 I have another tow on my rock I have mair ado than a difh to wafh I have ta’un the frae the mare I have baith mv meat and my menfe I have feen mair than I have eaten 250 I ken by my dog wha milks my cow I’ll gie you a meeting as Mungo gied his mither I’ll gar his ain garters tye up his ain hofe I’ll gar him draw his belt to his ribs I’ll never dirty the bonnet I am going to put on 355 I’ll never lout fae laigh and lift fae little I like dot to make a toil of a pleafure I’m o’er auld a cat to draw a ftrae before I’m no every man's dog that whiftles on me I’m no obliged to fummer and winter it to you 360 I might bring a better fpeaker frae hame than you I may come to break an egg in your pouch I never lik'd a dry bargain I never lo’ed ’bout gates, quoth the wife, when fhe harl’d her man o’er the ingle I never lo’ed meat that crav'd in my craigie 365 I think mair of your kindneft than it is a’ worth