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 8 The History of Simple John

he would say. Now, says John, Girzy my dear, my braw pretty woman, an ye be in earnest, tell me, for by my suthe I'm no scorning. Girzy.'] Indeed, John, I’m very will- ing to tak ye, but ye needna tell every body about it. John.] Then gie me a kiss on that. He shuts his head in at the window, making a lang neck to win down to her, and she stood on a little stool to win up to him. O, cries he, an ye were good flesh I cou’d eat you a' I like you sae weel, it’s a pity there is sic a hard wa’ atween us, I’se tell my mither sae bonny as ye’re: O gie me anither kiss yet, an then I’ll go.One o’her sisters standing by in a dark corner, gets ha’d o' a cow’s head, which wanted a' the skin but about the mouth, and shuts it out towards his mouth, wrhich he kiss’d in the dark. O, cried he, but your mouth be cauld since I kiss’d ye last, and I think he hae a beard, I saw nae that afore, or is’t wi’ spinning tow, that maks your mouth sae rough ateen? Hame he comes, and tells his mither the speed and properties of the marriage.