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I have outfight and infight a»d credit,'
And from any eelift I'm free,
I'm well enough boarded and bedded*
And what ails the lafles at me ?
My boughts of good flore are no fcanty,
My byrs are well Hocked wi' ky,
Of meal i' my girnels is plenty,
An' twa' or three eafments forby.
An' horfe to ride out when they're weary*
An' cock with the beft they can fee,
An' then be ca'd dawty and deary,
I fairly what ai!s them at me.
Behind backs, afore fouk I've woo'd them.
An' a' the gates o't that I ken,
An' when they leugh o' me, I trow'd them,
An' thought I had won, but what then ;
When I fpeak of matters they grumble,
Nor are condefcending and free,
But at my propofals ay Humble,
I wonder what ails them at me.
I've try'd them baith highland and lowland,
Where I a good bargain cud fee,
But nane o' them fand I wad fall in,
Or fay they wad buckle wi' me.
With jooks an' wi' fcraps I've addrefs'd them,
Been with them baith modeft and free,