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(127) Page 1 - My daddy is a canker'd carle
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My anntie Kate sits at her wheel.
And sair she lightlies me;
Knt u eel ken I it's a' envy,
For ne'er a jo has she.
Rot let them, &i .
My (oiisin Kate was sair beguild
Wi' Johnny i' the glen;
And aye sinsyne, she fries 'Row are
Of false deluding men/'
Rut let them, kv.
G-lccri Sandy he came west ac night,
And spier'rl when 1 saw Pale;
And aye > sinsyne the neighbours round.
They jeer me ear 1 and late.
Bui let them, fev.

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