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Wlien Jamie first did w(x> me,
1 f[>eir’d tvbat was liis calling
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lair Alaiil lays h(, C. c(in e and fee,
Fe’rt welcome to my dwelling
Tbough J w as lliy, y« t I could fpy,
Hie truth of what he told me,
And that his house was warm and couth.
And room in it to hold me.
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Behind the door a hug of mea*,
Ami in the hist was plenty.
Of food hard calces, his Mither mates.
And bannocts were na fcanty,
A good fat fow, a fleepy cow
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Was ftanding in the byre,
W hile lazy poufs, with mealy mouse,
Was playing at the fire.
Good figns are these,my \lither f^ys.
And bids me tak the Miller,
For foul day and fair day,
H»’s aye a bringing till her.
For meal and malt, l ive does nae want,
N< r ony thing that's dainty.
And now and then a heel ling hen.
To lay her eggs in plenty,
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In winter, when the wind and rain,
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He fits beside a clean hearth ftane.
Before a rousing tire*
With nutbrown ale he tells his tale.
Which rows him o’er fou ii fppy,
Who’d be a king a petty thing.
While a Miller lives f - happy.
For the German Flute.