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T wlnna keep : for in my staep,
I start and dream o’ Johnny.
CHORUS.
Up stairs, down stairs,
ti* her stairs fesr me,
I m laith to ly night mv lane,
and Johany’s bed sae n^ar me.
^\hen Johnny fce comes down ihc glen,
to woo ire Ho not hindt.-
Bnt with cpritent gi’e your consent,
for we twa ne'«r can sfnder
Better to marry, than misca. rv ;
for shame and ska/thV tho clink o’t.
lo thole the dolt, tp mount the stool.
I downa bide to think oft.
Sae whhe ’tii time PlJ shun the crime,
that, garg poor £pp. gai- w*; gbg.
With bsunchpa fu’, and e_n sse h ew,
to a’ too bedrals binging.
Had Eppy’s apron bidden down
the kirk wad ne’e; a kend it
Bui when^he word s gane thro* the town
aiake how can she meoa it.
Now "am maun face the minister,
«ud the maun mount the pillar :
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