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(5) But if a dart ſhould pierce my heart, from one that does adore me, We'll wed and kiſs. What harm's in this? my mother did ſo before me.

Then will I manage, when I wed, my husband to perfection; For as good wives have often ſaid "Keep husbands in ſubjection." No ſnarling fool ſhall o'er me rule, or e'er eclipſe my glory; I'll let him ſee I'll miſtreſs be, my mother did ſo before me.

Was in the morn of ſweet May-day, When Nature painted all things gay, Taught birds to ſing, and lambs to play, To hail the meadows fair: Young Jockie early in the dawn, Aroſe and trip'd it o'er the lawn, His Sunday's coat the youth put on, For Jenny vow'd away ſhe'd run With Jockie to the fair, the fair, with Jockie to the fair

The cheerful pariſh bells had rung, With eager ſteps he trudg'd along, A flow'ry garland round him hung, Which ſhepherds us'd to wear. He tipp'd the window, haſte my dear, Jenny impatient, cry'd, Whoſe there?