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Wow Nanfy, what needs a' this din?
Do I not ken this Sandy ?
I'm fare the chief of a' his km
Was Rab the beggar randy :
>iis minny Meg upo' lier back
Bare baith him and his billy :
"Will ye compare a nafty pack
To me, your vvinfome Willy ?
My gutchcr left a good braid fvvord^
Tho' it be auld and rufty,
Yet, ye may take it on my word,
It is baith flout and trufty •,
And if I can but get it drawn, ^■
Which will be right uneafy,
I fliall lay baith my lugs in pawn,
That he fliall get a heezy.
Then NanJ) turn'd her round akout^
And faid, Did ^^w^/v hear ye, ^
Ye wandna mifs to get a clout,
I ken he difna fear ye :
Sae had yer tongue, and fay nae malr^
Set fomewhere elfe your fancy,
Tor, as lang 's Sandy's to the fore.
Ye never lliall get Nanfy.
Tune, The Kirk "oiud lei me be*
rIS I have feven braw new gowns,
Ann l^v^n K.^'tfP'V tn maV
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And ieven better to raak,
And yet for a' my new gowns,
My woo'r has turn'd his back.
Befides, I have Ieven milk-ky,
And Sandy has but three,
^tA yet for a' my good ky,
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