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I’ve set afore you twa examples,
You maun allow, quite different samples;
A withered Maiden— aye vexatious;
A blithsome Widow— always gracious:
Sae when ye gang to wale a wife,
Mind, that’s a bargain lasts for life;
If ye for tocher chuse your burdie,
Tak’ tent, an’ think on Katharine Murdie.
Be’t Maid, or Widow, that ye fix on,
I beg you shun a scauldin’ vixen;
If beauty tempt you— mind on Johnny
A pleasant wife is— always bonny!

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