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OH NANNY, WILT THOU GANG WITH ME.

OH Nanny, wilt thou gang with me,
Nor sigh to leave the charming town;
Can silent glens have charms for thee,
The lowly cot and russet gown.
No longer drest in silken sheen,
No longer deck’d with jewels rare.

Say, canst thou quit the busy scene,

Where thou wert fairest of the fair.

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Where thou wert fairest, where thou wert fairest,
Where thou wert fairest of the fair.

O Nanny when thou’rt far awa,
Wilt thou not cast a wish behind;
Say canst thou face the slaky snaw,
Nor shrink before the warping wind:
O can that saft and gentlest mien,
Severest hardships learn to bear,
Nor, sad regret each courtly scene,
Where thou wert fairest of the fair, &c.

O Nanny canst thou love so true,
Thro‘ perils keen wi‘ me to gae,
Or when thy swain mishap shall rue,
To share wi’ him the pangs of wae,
And when invading pains befall,
Wilt thou assume the nurse‘s care;
Nor wishful, those gay scenes recal,
Where thou wert fairest of the fair, &c.

And when at last thy love shall die,
Wilt thou receive his parting breath:
Wilt thou repress each struggling sigh,
And cheer with smiles the bed of death
And wilt thou o‘er his much lov’d clay,
Strew flowers; and drop the tender tear

Nor then regret those scenes so gay,
Where thou wert fairest of the fair, &c.