. The Scots musical museum : humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr June 1771 by James Johnson. I r cj? is ttM i j Jin ? he could fcarce _ ly fpeak un _ to her j in ? But blinks o her beauty and hopes o her filler,Forced him at laft to tell his mind till her:My Dear, quo he, well nae langer tarry,Gin ye can loe me, lets oer the moor and marry. Come awa then, my Norland laddie,Tho we gang neat, fome are mair gaudy;Albiet I hae neither land nor money,Come, and Ill ware my beauty on thee. Ye lafses o* the South, yere a for drefsin;Lafses o the North mind milkin and threfhin:My min

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. The Scots musical museum : humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr June 1771 by James Johnson. I r cj? is ttM i j Jin ? he could fcarce _ ly fpeak un _ to her j in ? But blinks o her beauty and hopes o her filler,Forced him at laft to tell his mind till her:My Dear, quo he, well nae langer tarry,Gin ye can loe me, lets oer the moor and marry. Come awa then, my Norland laddie,Tho we gang neat, fome are mair gaudy;Albiet I hae neither land nor money,Come, and Ill ware my beauty on thee. Ye lafses o* the South, yere a for drefsin;Lafses o the North mind milkin and threfhin:My minnie wad be angry, and fae wad my daddie,Should I marry ane as dink as a lady. I maun hae a wife that will rife i the mornin,Crudle a the milk, and keep the houfe a fcauldin,Tulzie wi her neiebors, and learn at my minnie,A Norland Jockie maun hae a Norland Jenny. My fathersonly dochter, wi farms and filler ready, Wad be ill beftowed upon fie a clownifh body; A that I faid was to try what was in thee, Gae hame,ye Norland Jockie, and court your Norland Jenny, 319 ».

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