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The Cock Laird
A Cock Laird fou cadgie,
With Jenny did meet,
He haws'd her, he kiss'd her
And ca'd her his Sweet.
Wilt thou gae alang
Wi' me, Jenny, Jenny?
Thou'se be my ain Lemmane,
Jo Jenny, quoth he.
With Jenny did meet,
He haws'd her, he kiss'd her
And ca'd her his Sweet.
Wilt thou gae alang
Wi' me, Jenny, Jenny?
Thou'se be my ain Lemmane,
Jo Jenny, quoth he.
If I gae alang w'ye,
Ye mauna fail,
To feast me with Cadells
And good Hacket-kail.
The Deel's in your Nicety,
Jenny, quoth he,
Mayna Bannocks of Bear-meal
Be as good for thee.
Ye mauna fail,
To feast me with Cadells
And good Hacket-kail.
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Jenny, quoth he,
Mayna Bannocks of Bear-meal
Be as good for thee.
And I maun hae Pinners,
With Pearling set round,
A Skirt of Puddy,
And a wastcoat of broun.
Awa with sic Vanities,
Jenny, quoth he,
For Kurchies and Kirtles
Are fitter for thee.
With Pearling set round,
A Skirt of Puddy,
And a wastcoat of broun.
Awa with sic Vanities,
Jenny, quoth he,
For Kurchies and Kirtles
Are fitter for thee.
My Lairdship can yield me
As meikle a Year,
As had us in Pottage
And good knockit Beer:
But having nae Tenants,
O Jenny, Jenny,
To buy ought I ne'er have
A Penny, quoth he.
As meikle a Year,
As had us in Pottage
And good knockit Beer:
But having nae Tenants,
O Jenny, Jenny,
To buy ought I ne'er have
A Penny, quoth he.
The Borrowstoun Merchants
Will sell ye on Tick,
For we man hae braw Things,
Abiet they soud break,
When broken, frae Care
The Fools are set free,
When we make them Lairds
In the Abbey, quoth she.
Will sell ye on Tick,
For we man hae braw Things,
Abiet they soud break,
When broken, frae Care
The Fools are set free,
When we make them Lairds
In the Abbey, quoth she.
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