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S Patie came up frae the glen,

drivin' his wedders before him,

He met bonny Meg ganging hame,

her beauty was like for to ſmore him.

O dinna ye ken, bonny Meg,

that you and I's ga'en to be marry'd

I rather had broken my leg

before ſic a bargain miſcarry'd.

Now Patie—O wha's tell’d you that?

I think that of news they've been ſcanty

That I ſhall be marry'd ſae ſoon,

or yet ſhould ha'e been ſae ſlantly.

I winna be marry'd the year,

ſuppoſe I were courted by twenty;

Sae Patie, ye need nae mair ſpeer,

for weel I wat I dinna want ye.

Now Maggy, what maks you ſae ſweer

is't 'cauſe that I hinna a maillen?

The lad that has plenty o’ gear

need ne'er a ha'f or a hail ane.

My dad has a good grey mare,

and your's has twa cows and a filly,

And that will be plenty o' gear,

fae Maggy be no ſae ill willy.