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J A M I E G A Y.

AS Jamie Gay ga’ed blythe his way, along the river Tweed, A bonny Lafs, as e’er was feen, came tripping o'er the mead : The hearty fwain uncaught to feign, the buxom nymph furvey’d, And fail of glee, as lad could be, befpoke the pretty maid.

Dear Laffie tell, why by thy fell, thou haft’ly wand’reft here? My ewes, fhe cry’d, are aft ftraying wide, can’st tell ms Laddie, where ? To town I hy. he made reply, fome meikle fport to fee ; But thou’rt fo fweet fo trim and neat, I’ll feek the ewes with thee.

She gave her hand, nor made a ftand, but lik’d the youth’s intent: O’er hill and dale, o’er plain and vale, right merrily they went. The birds fang fweet, the pair to greet, and flow'rs bloom’d all around; And as they walk’d, of love they talk’d, and joys which lovers crown’d.

And now the fun had rofe to noon, the zenith of his power, When to the fhade their steps they made, to pafs the mid-day hour.