Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Tea-table miscellany, or, A collection of choice songs, Scots and English

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And we your lefTon fae fhall mind,
That e'en tho' a' our kin had fwore it,
E'er we fhall be an hour behind,
We'll take a year or twa before it.
We'll catch all winds blaw in our fails,
And ftill keep out our flag and pinnet ;
If young Philander anes aflails
To itorm love's fort, then he fhall win it:
We may indeed for modefty,
Prefent our forces for refinance ;
But we fhall quickly lay them by,
And contribute to his afMance.
The Step Daughter's Relief.
To the Tune of, The Kirk wad let me be*
I was anes a well tocher'd lafs,
My mither left dollars to me ;
But now I'm brought to a poor pafs,
My ftep-dame has gart them flee.
My father he's aften frae hame,
And fhe plays the deel with his gear j
She neither has lateth nor fhame,
And keeps the hale houfe in a fleer.
She's barmy-fac'd, thriftlefs and bauld,
And gars me aft fret and repine ;
While hungry, haif-naked and cauld,
I fee her deilroy what's mine :
But foon I might hope a revenge,
And foon of my forrows be free,
My poortith to plenty wad change,
If ihe were hung up on a tree.
Quoth Ringan^ wha lang time had loo'd
This bonny lafs tenderly,
I'll take thee, fvveet May, in thy fnood,
Gif thou wilt gae hame with me.
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