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 The rocks and the mountains shall sooner

And the sea shall flame on fire

If from my love shall retire,

And there's nothing I desire but innocent love.

If innocent love is all your request,

And you in earnest, I thought you were in jest,

I'll adore you with pleasure,

With kisses out of measure,

With joy, peace & pleasure we both shall be

This couple they're married, and live very happy

Enjoying one another with pleasures so canty,

The rocks they shall melt,

And the mountains shall remove,

Ere ever I prove false to the woman I love. 



dwalt on Tweed

The place they ca'd tony;

Johnny was a jailer gude,

Nane could wield like Johnny,

Lizie Painck was Johnny's wife,

An' fiy Mary was her ;

Sic a wife as Johnny had,

I wadna g'e a button for her.

Johnny was ance half in love,

His fancy was by beauty haunted;

Heaven shone in Johnny's e'e—

But as the heaven Johnny wanted: