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SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
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doub - let was of Zet - land shag, And
wow but Wil - lie he was
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he was braw ; And
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pleased the lass - es best of a'.
Willie was a wanton wag,
The blithest lad that e'er I saw :
At bridals still he bore the brag,
And carried aye the gree awa'.
His doublet was of Zetland shag,
And wow but Willie he was braw ;
And at his shouthers hung a tag
That pleased the lasses best of a'.
Ee was a man without a clag ;
His heart was frank, without a flaw ;
And aye whatever Willie said,
It still was hadden as a law.
His boots they were made of the jag,
When he went to the weapon-shaw ;
Upon the green nane durst him brag,
The fient a ane amang them a'.