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6 And muckle thought they o’ us a’, Especially of our gill stoups. Hey the bonny, &c.

SPOKEN.

When I ga‘d in, there was a swatch o‘ auld wires sitting round a table eating roasted herring, and drinking whisky and cap, and I think they ca‘d it Papin: there they were at it. each of them took sican a devil o’ a slough o’t, that before ever they kenn‘d what they were about, they began singing

Hey the bonny, &c.

The i prize it was baith cheap and good, The folks were a’ in glorious mood; The sangs ga‘d round, and was sae loud, By fuddling out our gill stoups.

A bonny lassie got the prize, And joy was seen sparkling in her eyes; Yet muckle she did me surprise,— She emptied out her gill stoops. Hey the bonny, &c.

SPOKEN.

When I ga‘d in, there she was sitting in the lam neuk, wi' a cutty pipe in her cheek, no the length o' her thumb, and as black as the very devil; when I said, Jenny, rise up and pay the