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 And when ever a brother meets you, May you happy be and free. So let the world, &c

Ladies view my person over Have my lesson write you on, Search you all the world over, You'll not find an easier John. So let the world &c These twenty years have answered rarely, Smooth as glass they guide along, And when my friends are cheery, Then I'll sing my easy song. So let the world &c.

Beneath a green shade I sand fair maid, was sleeping sound and still O: A lowin wi' love my fancy did rove, around her wi' good will. O. Her bosom I prest but sunk In her rent, she stirred na my joy to spill O. While kindly she slept close to her I crept, and kiss'd and kiss'd her my fill O.