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" Dear Marion, let that flee stick fast to the wa';
" Your Jock's but a gowk, and has naething ava;
44 The hale o' his pack he has got on his back :
" He's thretty, and I am but threescore and twa.
*' Be frank now and kindly, I'll busk ye ay finely ;
" At kirk or at market they'll nane gang sae
" braw;
" A bien house to bide in, a chaise for to ride in,
" And flunkies to 'tend ye as aft as ye ca\"
* My father ay tell'd me, my mither and a',
* Ye'd mak a gude husband, and keep me ay braw ;
* It's true I loe Johnny, he^s young and he's bonny,
' But, wae's me, I ken he has naething ava !
€ I hae little tocher, yeVe made a gude offer ;
e I'm now mair than twenty, my time is but
6 sma' ;
£ Sae gie me your plaidy, I'll creep in beside ye,
* I thought ye'd been aulder than threescore and
< twa !'
She crap in ayont him, beside the stane wa',
WJiare Johnny was list'ning, and heard her tell a';