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 But whatever way I caress'd them There's something still ails them at me.

O, If I ken'd how but to gain them, How fond of the knack wad I be! Or what an address could obtain them, It should be twice welcome to me. If kissing and clapping wad clense them, That trade of should drive till I die But however I study to ease them, They've ailful an exception at me

There's wratacks an cripples, an' crawshake, An' the wan dog I ken. No sooner they speak to the wrenches, But they are ta'en far enough hen But when I speak to them that's stately, I find them ay ta'en wi' the gee; An' get the denial right flatly: What thi- can ail them at me.

I have yet but ae offer to mak them, If they wad but mearken to me An' that is arm willing to tab them, If they their consent wad but me Let her that consent write a bill An' get it transmitted to me I hereby engage to fulfil it Tho' cripple, tho' blind she sud be.