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WILL YOU GO AND MARRY KATIE

ye go and marry Katie, Can ye think to tak a man! It's a pity ane she pretty. Should na do the thing they can. You, a charming lovely creature, Wherefore wad ye lie ye'r lane! Beauty's of a facing nature Has a season, and is gane

Therefore while ye're blooming, Katie, Listen to a lozing swain; Tak a mark by auntie Betty. Once the darling o' the men: She, wi' coy add fickle nature. Trided aff till she's grown auld, Now she'a left by ilka creature: Let na this o'thee be tauld

But my dear and lovely Katie, This ae thing I hae to tell, I could wuh nae man to get ye, {em}}Save it were my very sol. Tak, me, Katie, at my offer,