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O stan' aff, na', and fash me nae mair, auld man,
Stan' afF, na', and fash me nae mair;
There's a something in love that your gowd canna move-
I'll be Johnnie's although I gang bare, auld man,
I'll be Johnnie's although I gang bare.
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BIDE YE YET.
Gin I had a wee house, and a can-ty wee fire, A hon-nie wee
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wi-fie to praise and ad-mire, A hon-nie wee yar-die he-side a wee hum; Fare-
weel to the ho-dies that yau-mer and mourn. Sae hide ye yet, and hide ye
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Ye lit -tie ken wJaat may he - tide ye yet, Some bon-nie wee bo -die may
think -in' o't, wi' think -in' o't, I'll aye he can-ty wi' think -in' o't.
When I gang afield, and come hame at e'en,
I'll get my wee wifie fa' neat and fu' clean,
And a bonnie wee bairnie upon her knee,
That will cry papa or daddy to me.
Sae bide ye yet, &c.
An' if there should ever happen to be
A difference atween my wee wifie and me,
In hearty good humour, although she be teas'd,
I'll kiss her and clap her until she be pleas' d.
Sae bide ye yet, &c.

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