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 As for your hen wi’ the happity leg,

laddie ye’re either daft or fou!

D’ye think that I can dine on ae egg?

’deed friend ye’re makin game o’ me now.

Ye ſay ye’ve a pig that will foon be a ſow,

laddie I like the truth to tell;  (cow,

When ye brag o’ your ca’t that’ll ſoon be a

I’m flee’d ye’re but a ca’f yourſell.

An’ for your kebbock upo’ the ſkelf,

hark, an' P'll tell you how to do;

You maun ta’k o’ naething but luve for luve,

for that’s the gate a young laſs to woo.

For gin I could think you liket me weel,

laddie I tell you truly now;

I wad leave my daddie and minnie atweel,

and blythly the night gang aff wi’ you.

HIS morning is ſo very fine,


 * we’ll to the meadows walk,

And when we to the town return,

with fhop-men we will talk.


 * And a floping we will go.

We’ll look at ribbons, laces, gloves,

and none of them we’ll buy,

But tell the haberdasher lads,

we’ll ca another day. And, &c.