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Rh She'll ablins say, "Ye're no that blate,

To speak to me at sic a rate;"

But never fear, for sune or late,

Fu' glad they're to be married.

Then ye'll whistle, then ye'll sing.

Then ye'll caper, then ye'll fling,

Wow but it's a happy thing,

When ane gets coshly married!

[ "The Gallovidian Dictionary," by T. M. Taggart. This "Lament" is written in the Galloway dialect, and displays much rough strength of thought and expression.]

[ was written by in 1776, when he was only about seventeen years of age. The subject of the song is said to have been Isabella Steven, the daughter of a small laird near Lochlee.—Tune, "Invercauld's Reel."]

[ Music by G. F. Graham.—Here first printed.]

blessings yet fa' on the widow sae young;

May blessings yet fa' on the widow sae young;

Her hopes ha'e been wither'd—her heart sairly wrung—

Ah! 'tis waesome to look on a widow sae young!