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( 4 ) I will never grudge what I have done,

Since my first born is a on;

With the pan & the poon he well foter'd hall be,

And his darling daddie yet oxter me, &c.

My laddies he ent a love-letter to me,

That in hort time we married hould be;

The ame I received with heart and good-will.

And hopes for to enjoy my laddie till. &c.

My laddie he ent me a braw gold ring,

A ilk gown, ribbons, and o her fine things,

And ay the o'ercome of his tune.

Was, Oxter the bride in the afternoon.

My daddie has my tocher paid,

That very day I was married:

But what's gone & pat we ne'er can recal,

Yet I'll oxter my laddie in pite of them all, &c.

Thirteen maidens all in a row,

That day to the kirk with me did go;