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There's rc.l Ik:.. Id Jciu.v (hat licves at ..nr side,
At shcarin she aye dings tlicm a';
Hilt her vera sight n.ithcr c.nna ..l.i.lc,
An. I her a wild liissie <h>es e..'.
An.l wlut do ye think, &e.
There's M r . s M*. Drunk) a guid widow woman,
For wine makin she has the grcc;
At kirnin her daughter is surely uncommon,
And either wad answer for me .
And what do ye think, &c.
My mither yestreen she l> outlier 'd my head,
Till it was as white as the snaw-J
She tuik her auld mutch and stuTfed my graMf,
And j>at in my hreast l>rin and a*.
An' what do ye think Im to do, gude folks.
olwhat do ye think Im to do.
I'm gaun to the east to a braw weddin' least
To meet the M*. Huflys, I trow.
Now gang- awa Jamie, now gang to the bridal,
Ye ken ycre to be the best man,
And Betty MV Huffy she 'is the best maid,
Speak up to her now like a man.
And what do ye think o' me, now, gude folks?
Olwhat do ye think o'.me now?
I ken vera w eel, it's a for the siller
That mither wad liae me to woo.
I jraed to the bridal, and Betty was there,
And wow! but she was buskit braw,
Wi' ribbons, and laee, a' set round her face,
And necklaces twa or three raw.
And what do ye think o' me, n-w gude folks?
Olwhat do ye think I sud try?
For really Im vcxt, and sairly perplext,
Wl.an I think o' the fowls and the kye.
To please my mither, and speak up till her,
Tang I thought afore I wad tr\ ;
At length I spiered, if ever she heard
That we had twa dizen o' kye.
And what do ye think o' me, now gude folks?
o! keep me frac Betty sae I.
Wi' a toss o' her head, she answered indeed,
"Wha cares for you, or your kye.