Orpheus Caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs. . and bonny,1 winna keep ; for id my Sleep I Mart and dream then comes down the Glen, To woo me, dinna hinder 5Bin with Content gi your ConfentjFor we twa neer can iindcr. Better to marry, than mifcarry 5 For Shame and Skaiths the Clink or,To thole the Dool, to mount the Stool, I downa bide to think ot :Sae while tis time, Til (hun the Crime, That gars poor Epps gae whinging,With Hainches fow, and Ecn fae blew, To a the Bedrals bindging. Had Eppfs Apron bidden down,The Kirk had neer a kend it > M 2 But 84 Orpheus Caledon
Orpheus Caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs. . and bonny,1 winna keep ; for id my Sleep I Mart and dream then comes down the Glen, To woo me, dinna hinder 5Bin with Content gi your ConfentjFor we twa neer can iindcr. Better to marry, than mifcarry 5 For Shame and Skaiths the Clink or,To thole the Dool, to mount the Stool, I downa bide to think ot :Sae while tis time, Til (hun the Crime, That gars poor Epps gae whinging,With Hainches fow, and Ecn fae blew, To a the Bedrals bindging. Had Eppfs Apron bidden down,The Kirk had neer a kend it > M 2 But 84 Orpheus Caledonius. But when the Words gane thro the Town, Alake! how can (he mend it ?Now Tarn maun face the Minifter, And fhe maun mount the Pillar jAnd thats the way that they maun gae, For poor Folk has na Siller. Now had yer Tongue, my Daughter young, Replyd the kindly Mither,Goxjohnyh Hand in haly Band, Syne wap yer Wealth o* the mind, ifheb>ekind, Yell do your part difcreetly 5And prove a Wife, will gar his Life, And Barrel run right XXXVIII. ohe Country Jafs , X J A tko r b e but a CoTmtr\rL afs A lofhrmind I -AS-tko^be biit a Coirntry-Lafs, A lofty mind I ^rir--frrnr ^ftfir \ \ (&f flr-hl ijlj > bdar- -O. rtkiikmv-re ^=? ^ tt SBg , I^kinJcmyTell as good as tkofe that rtji ? , wi> ? tfLr I ricJh. )iTiyGowii be
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