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was ance like Willie Garlace, Wha in neeboring town, or farm? Beauty's bloom ſhone in his fair face, Deadly ſtrength was in his arm!

Wha wi' Will cou'd rin, or wraſtle? Throw the fledge, or toſs the bar ? Hap what wou'd, he ſtood a Caſtle Or for ſafety, or for war:

Warm his heart, and mild as manfu', Wi' the bauld, he bauld cou'd be; But to friends wha had their handfu' Purſe and ſervice aye ware free.

Whan he first ſaw Jeanie Miller, Wha' wi' Jeanie cou'd compare? Thouſands had mair braws and filler, But war ony half ſae fair?