. The Scots musical museum : humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr June 1771 by James Johnson. s wife and his children he chargd him to bring,And in token of favor he gave him a ring. He thanked his Lordfhip and taking his leaveWent home to his wife who fcarce could believe,Thinking the ftory himfelf he did raife,But feeing the ring, then fhe ftood in ama/e. Early next morning the goodwife arofe,And drefsed them all in the beft of their cTothrsThere was he, and his wife, and his feven children finall,They all went to dine at the Noblemans hall. The dinner being ended, he then
. The Scots musical museum : humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr June 1771 by James Johnson. s wife and his children he chargd him to bring,And in token of favor he gave him a ring. He thanked his Lordfhip and taking his leaveWent home to his wife who fcarce could believe,Thinking the ftory himfelf he did raife,But feeing the ring, then fhe ftood in ama/e. Early next morning the goodwife arofe,And drefsed them all in the beft of their cTothrsThere was he, and his wife, and his feven children finall,They all went to dine at the Noblemans hall. The dinner being ended, he then let them he intended on them to beftow;A farm of full forty good acres of gave him the rights of it all in his hand. Becaufe thou art loving and kind to thy wife,Ill make thy days eafy the reft of thy life;I give it for ever to thee and thy heirs,So hold thy induftry with diligent cares. No tongue then was able their joy to exprefs,Their tokens of love, and their true thankful nefs;And many a low humble bow to the ground:But fuch Noblemen theres but few to b<* found. 386 The Pofie. 373. wm 3E ^EE3E 0 luve will venture in where it daur na weel be Slow P 3=£ OT~^ feen, O luve will venture in where wifdom ance has been but. s 3* ^^ m m de Is fe££ S T~wtil down yon ri _ ver rove, amang the wood fae green, And m i ts~u UCf BE B t=* 1^ PPP m T *~ a to pu a pofie to my ain dear May. e^ m m wm The primrofe T will pu, the firftling o the year; And 1 will pu the pink, the emblem o my Dear,For fhe is the pink o womankind, and blooms without a peer; And a to be a pofie^ to my ain dear May. Ill pu the budding rofe when Phebus peeps in view,For its like a baumy kils o her fweet, bonie mou; The hyacinths for conftancy wiits unchanging blue,And a to be a pofie to my ain dear May. The lily it is pure, and the lily it is fair, And in her lovely bofbm Ill place the lily there; The dailys for fimplicity and unaffected air,And a to be a pofie to my ain dear May. The hawthorn
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