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There's a but hiiiI a. lien, a stable, a byre,
A glide kail yard, and a weel siicckct yet,
Wi' plenty o' peats to throw i' the fire;
But the best thing o' aV a -wanting yet.
I thought o' a wife for ten years and mair,
But nane will answer that stops here about,
And I hae nac time to gang here and there;
A wantcr I am, and 111 bide sac, 1 doubt .
A bonny tame pat rick I wared upon Bell,
A sweet singing mavis to Jeanic I geed,
To Betty 1 plainly did offer my scl;
She saw the green purse, but I didna succeed,
So Ive done my duryj farcweel to all folly.
1 tak up my buik, and 1 Ml in my chair,
Wi' my red night-cap, my cat, and my colly,
Contented and chcertu', tho' sixty and mair.
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