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The poetical works of Sir Alexander Boswell

... Now first collected and edited, with memoir, by Robert Howie Smith
Boswell, Alexander (1775-1822)

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[PART I.] SONGS CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT.
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[PART II.]

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(Martial Music.)

Enter a Waiter.
[_]

Air—Hey Jenny come down to Jock.

Waiter.
The Baillies are waitin, the Provost is come,
Twal permanent serjeants, a fife and a drum,
Twa Sherra's wi' swords (but they're peaceable men),
And some twa three mair—and the clock's chappit ten.

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