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Her Coats were kiltit, and did fweetly ftiaw
; Her ftraight bare Legs, which whiter were than Snaw ;
! Her Cockernony fnooded up fou fleek,
: Her hafet Locks hung waving on her Cheek:
Her Cheek fae ruddy J and her Een fae clear !
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And O J her Mouth’s like ony hinny Pear.
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i Neat, neat fhe was, in Bufline Waftecoat clean,
!As fhe came skiffing o’er the dewy Green :
Blythfome I cry’d, My bonny M E G, come here,
I ferly wherefore ye’re fae foon a fleer :
: But now I guefs ye’re gawn to gather Dew.
; She fcour’d awa, and faid, W hat’s that to you ?
Then fare ye well, Meg-dortt, and e’ens ye^like,
| I carelefs cry’d, and lap in o’er the Dyke.
; I trow, when that fhe faw, within a Crack
l| with a right thievlefs Errand fhe came back,
Mifcan’d me firfl, then bade me hound my Dog
To weer up three waff Ews were on the Bog.
I leugh, and fae did fhe, then wi’ great Hafle
I clafp’d my A rms about her Neck and Wafle ;
About her yielding Wafle, and took a Fouth,
i Of fweetefl Kiffes frae her glowan Mouth :
While hard and fail I held her in my Grips,
My very Saul came looping to my Lips.
Sair, fair fhe flete wi’ me ’tween ilka Smack,
But well I kend fhe mean’d na as fhe fpake.
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