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(　41　)  A Prelate he loups on before, A Catholic behin', But gi'e me a Cameronian, He f——s a body blin'.

For tillin'. etc.

 

My auntie Jean held to the shore, As Ailsa boats cam' back; And she has coft a feather bed For twenty and a plack; And in it she wan fifty mark, Before a towmond sped; O! what a noble bargain Was auntie Jeanie's bed.

 

Our gudewife's sae modest. When she is set at meat, A laverock's leg, or a tittling's wing, Is mair than she can eat; But, when she's in her bed at e'en, Between me and the wa'; She is a glutton deevil. She swallows c—ds and a'. 