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Broadside ballad entitled 'Whistle my Love and I'll Come Down'

Transcription

Whistle my   love   and
I'll Come Down.

Pitls Printer and Wholesale Toy Warehouse
6 Great St Andrew street 7 Dial

PEGGY's a maid both kind and fair
And Peggy is dear to Johnnie,
And none in all Scot' and here or there

None is so blythe and bonny,
And Peggy has vow'd their love to crown
O whistle my love and I'll come down,
And gang to the kirk with Johnny,

Peggy can sing both soft and sweet,

And Peggy can play so sprightly,
And when in the dance she moves her
There's none can trip it so lightly (feet
And Peggy has vow'd their loves to crown
O whistle my love and I'll come down,
And hie to the kirk with Johnny,

Peggy has nought of airs and pride,
And Peggy has nought of riches,

But she has worth and charms beside,
That everv eye bewitches,    (crown,

And Peggy has vowed their loves to

O whistle my love and I'll come down
And hie to the kirk with Johnny.

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Probable period of publication: 1820-1845   shelfmark: RB.m.169(222)
Broadside ballad entitled 'Whistle my Love and I'll Come Down'
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