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MOEAL AND SATIRICAL SONGS- 213
Hey, the dusty miller,
And his dusty sack ;
Leeze me on the calling
Fills the dusty peck, —
Fills the dusty peck,
Brings the dusty siller :
I wad gi'e my coatie
For the dusty miller.
FAIRLY SHOT OF HEE.
From " Johnson's Museum."
Oh, gin I were fairly shot o' her,
Fairly, fairly, fairly shot o' her !
Oh, gin I were fairly shot o' her !
If she were dead, I wad dance on the top o' her.
Till we were married I couldna see licht till her ;
For a month after a' thing aye gaed richt wi' her ;
But these ten years I hae pray'd for a wright to her — ■
Oh, gin I were fairly shot o' her !
Nane o' her relations or friends could stay wi' her ;
The neebours and bairns are fain to flee frae her ;
And I my ain sel' am forced to gi'e way till her —
Oh, gin I were fairly shot o' her !
She gangs aye sae braw, she's sae muckle pride in her ;
There's no a gudewife in the haill country-side like her ;
Wi' dress and wi' drink, the deil wadna bide wi' her —
Oh, gin I were fairly shot o' her !
If the time were but come that to the kirk-gate wi' her,
And into the yird I'd mak' mysel' quit o' her,
I'd then be as blythe as first when I met wi' her —
This is a modern version of an old song, and is said to have been written by one
John Anderson, at that time apprentice to Johnson the engraver, and publisher of
the " Museum," where the song first appeared.