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Awa' be went to the mill-dam,
 * and there gae her a duckie 0,

And ilka cbiel that had a stick,
 * play'd thump upon her backie O.

And when he took her hame again,
 * he did hing up the sackie O,

At her bed-fide as I heard fay,
 * upon a little knaggie O.

And ilka day when she raise up,
 * in naething but her smockie O,

Sae soon’s fine look'd him in the face,
 * she might behold the sackie O.

Now all ye men both far and near,
 * that have a drunken toutie, O,

Duck ye your wife in time o' year,
 * and I'll lend you the sackie O.

The wife did live for ninteen years,
 * and was fu' frank and couthie O;

And ever since fhe got the duck,
 * she never had a drouthie O.

At lad the carline chanc'd to die,
 * and Tamie did her burie O,

And for the public benefit,
 * he did gar print the curie O.

Arid this he did her motto make,
 * "Here lies art honest luckie O.

“Who never left the drinking trade,
 * “until she got a duckie O.