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 Good-man, quoth ſhe, if it you pleaſe,

that I muſt travel to the pleugh;

And you to dwell at home at eaſe,

perhaps you may get toil enough.

Jock, dare we venture weſt the Cleugh,

and thou ſhalt haud and I ſhall ca’

I ſhall reward thee well enough,

of fine cravats I’ll gi’e thee twa.

Good-man ſince ye ha’e made this law,

then guide a’ well and do not break,

They rode ſicker that ne’er did fa’,

therefore let nothing be neglect.

Since with my trade ye are affected,

ſee firſt ye ſift and then ye kned,

Let all things rightly be directed,

keep well the gaſlins from the gled.

And ſee the bairns fyle not the bed,

and kirn the kirn and mak the cheeſe,

And if you occupy your trade,

I trow you ſhall find little eaſe.

She ſat up late her mind to pleaſe,

for to her trade ſhe had a care,

She kirn’d the kirn, ſhe bor’d his neeſe,

no rigmari ſhe left him there.

Upon the morn ſhe raiſe up air,

and on her liver laid her disjoon,

As meikle in her lap, and mair,

as wad a ſerv’d four men at noon.