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OF CHOICE SOnGS» i^-
SONG XXXIV.
Wofnan,
JOHN Anderfon my jo, cum in as ze gae by,
And ze fall get a flieep's heid weel baken in a pie,
Weel baken in a pie, and the haggis in a pat :
John Anderfon my jo, cuai in, and ze's get that.
Man,
And how doe ze, cummer ? and how doe ze thrive I
And how many bairns hae ze? — Worn. — Cutnmer, I hae
five J
Man.— Are they to zour ain gudeman f — Worn, — No^^
cummer, no ;
For four o' them were gotten quhan Willie was awa\
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S O N G XXXV.
Sung in tke Chaplet by Mr Veriton and Mrs ScoiU
Damon.
CONTENTED all day I will fit by your fide,
Where poplars far ft retching o'er-arch the cool tide ^
And while the clear river runs purling along,
The thrufh and the linnet contend in their fong«
Laura.
Whilft you are but by me no danger I fear ;
Ye lambs reft in fafety, my Damon is near ;
Bound on, ye blidie kids, now your gambols may p!eafe^>
For my fi:iepherd is kind, and my heart is at cafe.
For my ihepherd, ^C^
Di^tnon*
Ye Virgins of Britain, bright rivals of day.
The u'iih of each heart, and the theme of each lay j
Ne'er yie!d to the fwain till he make you a wife,
For he who loves truly will take you for life,
G 2 For he who, &c.