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 ( 4 ) Sae brag nae mair o' your Butts & Benns,

laddie that's no the gate to woo;

Tho' ye had a hunder Cocks and Hens

they ne'er wad gar me tak ye now.

As for your Hen wi' the Happity Leg,

laddie ye're ſurely daft or ſow!

D'ye think that I can dine on ae Egg?

'deed friend ye're makin game o' me now.

Ye ſay ye’ve a Pig that will foon be a ſow,

laddie I like the truth to tell;

When ye brag o' your Ca'f that'll ſoon be a cow;

I'm flee'd ye're but a Ca'f yourſel.

And for your Kebbock up i' the Skelf,

'hark, an' I'll tell you how to do;

Ye maun ta'k o' naething but luve for luve,

for that's the gate a young laſs to woo.

For gin I could think ye liket me weel,

laddie I tell you truly now;

I wad leave my daddie and minnie aſ weel,

an' blythly the night gang affwi' you.

morning is ſo very fine,

we'll to the meadows walk,

And when we to the town return;

with ſhop-men we will talk.

And a ſhoping we will go.