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Jockey., Maggy, wiltu stay and tak kent hame wi' ye the night.

Maggy. Wiltu come awa' than Johnnie, I fain wad be hame or the kie come in; our mickle Riggy sic a rumbling royte, she rins ay thro' the byre,  sticks a' the bits o' couties; my mither is na able to haud her to her ain stake.

Jock. Hute, we'll be hame in braw time woman. how's a' your folks at hame?

Mag. Indeed I canna weel tell you man; our man is a' gane wi' the gout; my mither is  frail, my father he's aye wandering about, and  amang the beast.

Jock. But dear, Maggy, they tell me me were to get a wedding of thee and Andrew Merrymouth, the Laird's young gardener.