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( 8 ) But will content gi' your conſent:

for we twa ne'er can ſinder. Up; &c.

Better to marry than miſcarry;

for ſhame and ſkaith's the clink o't,

To thole the dole, to mount the ſtool,

I downa bale to think o't. Up, &c.

Sae while 'tis time I'll ſhun the crime,

that gars poor whinging,

With ſow, and een fae view,

to a the bedrals binging Up &c.

Had Eppo's apton bidden down,

the Kirk wad nee a kend it ;

But when the word's gane ' the town;

alake how can ſhe mend it! Up &c.

Now I am mann face the miniſter,

and the mann mount the pillar:

And let's the way that they main gae,

for poor folk has nae ſiller. Up &c.

New ha'd your tongue, my daughter ,

reply'd the kindly mither,

Get Johnny's hand in haly band,

fyne wap your wealth together. Ups &c.

I'm o' the mind, if he be kind,

ye'll do your part diſcreetly;

And prove a wife, will gar his life,

and barrel run right ſweetly. Up; &c.

GLASGOW, Printed by J. & M. Robertſon, Saltarket, 180