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 He wooes me for cake and pudding He wad fain be foreward, it he wift how He wad gar you trow that the moon is made of green cheese 330 Hens are aye free of horfe 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 slander His tongue’s no in his pouch Hooly and fair gangs far in a day Hunger is good kitchen Hungry dogs are blythe of bursten puddings 340 Hungry ftewards wear mony shoon I I Bake nae bread by your fhins I can fcarce believe you, you fpeak fae fair I eanna afford you both tale and lugs I have gi en a ftick to break my ain head 345 l have another tow on my rock I have mair ado than a dish to wash I have tane the fheaf frae the mare I have baith my meat and my menfe I have seen mair than I have eaten 350 I ken by my cog wha milks my cow I’ll gie you a meeting as Mungo gie 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 not 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 the ingle I never lo’ed meat that craw’d in my craigie ' 265 I think mair of your kindness than it is a’ worth I wadna fother you for your muck