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 THE ROVING BOY. My friends appear both far and near, the truth ill ſurely tell to you J-R- iſ my name, but ye may call me frolic few. Lalta loura loura laddie let In New Deer pariſh I was born, a child in youth to methlic came, And if you doubt me to believe, the ſeſſion clerk will tell the fame. Good education I have got, and have learned to read and write, My father he was fond of me, and my mother in me took delight. To view the country I was fond, as a common ſervant I did fee, Sore againſt my parents will, they thought to make a man of me. In Begehide i ſheared my first hairſt, near by the foot of Benochie, My maſter was right ill to fair, but laith was I to loſe my fee.