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And there will be Qirn-again-Gibtne^
With his glakit wife Jenny Bell,
And mifle-fhinn'd Mungo Macapie,
The lad that was skipper himiel.
There lads and laffes in pearlings
Will feaft in. the heart of the ha',
On fybows, and rifarts, and curlings,.
That are baith fodden and raw,
Fy let us, Sec,
And there will be-fadges andb'rach'en, ,
With fouth of good gabbocks of skate; .
Bowfowdy and drammock, and crowdy, ,
And caller nowt-feet in a plate,
And there will be-partans and.buckies,.
And whytens and fpeldings enew,
With finged fheep-heads, and a haggies, .,
And fcadlips to fuptill ye fpew.
Fy let us, &c s
And there will be lapper'd-milk kebbuck*s, s
And fowens, and farles, and baps,
With fwats, and well feraped paunches, .
And brandy in ftoups and in caps :
And there will be meal-kail and caflocks^
With skink to fup till ye rive,
And roafts to. roaft on a brander,
Of fiowks that were taken alive.
By let. us, &c.
Scrapt haddocks,, wilks, dulfe and' tangle,-..
And a mill of good fniihing to prie;
When weary with eating and drinking, .
We'll rife up and dance till we die.
Then fy let us cC to the bridal,
For there nxiill be lilting there,
For jockyV to be married to Maggie,
The lajs <w? the gowdtn hair.
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