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I hae been a wife thefe three ,f core of 3 ears..
And never did try the fpinning o't.
But how 1 was farked foul fa' th-em that fpeus
To mind me o' the beginning ot.
The wT)men are now a days turned fae bra
That ilk ane maun hae a fark,fome^maun hae twa
But better the warld was when fint ane ava
To hinder the firft beginning o't.
Foul fit them that eer ad vis d me to fpin
It minds me o' the beginning o't,
I well might have ended as 1 had begun
And never have tryd the fpinning o't
But fhes a wife wife wha kens her ain weird
I thought anes a day it wad never be fpterd
How let y-ou the low tack the rock by the beVrd
When you gaed to try the fpinning o't.
The fpinning the fpinning, it gars my heart fab
To think on the ill beginning o't
1 tookt in my head to make me a wab
And this was the firft beginning o t
But had I nine Daughters as 1 hae but three
The fafeft and foundeft advice I wad gie
That tiiey wad frae fpinning ftill keep their hands free
For fear of an ill beginning ot.
But if they in fpite of my counfel wad run
The dreary fad tafk o' the fpinning o't .
Let them find a loun feat light up hy the fun
Syne ^'enture on the beginning o't :
For wha 8 done as I ve done alake and a\tvw
To bufk up a rock at the cheek of a low.
They 11 fay that I had little wit in my pow.
The meikle Deil tak the fpinning o't.