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WILLY was a WANTON WAG.
To its own Proper Tune.
WILLY was a wanton wag,
The blytheſt lad that e'er I saw,
At bridals ſtill he bore the brag,
and carry'd ay the gree awa,
His doublet was of Zetland ſhag,
and wow! but Willy he was braw,
And at his ſhoulder hang a tag,
that pleas'd the laſſes beſt of a'.
He was a man without a clag,
his heart was frank without a flaw,
And ay whatever Willy ſaid,
it was ſtill ha'den as a law.
His boots they were made of the jag,
when he went to the weapon-ſhaw,
Upon the green nane durſt him brag,
the fien'd a ane amang them a'.
And was not Willy well worth gowd,
he wan the love of great and ſma':
For after he the bride had kiſs'd,
he kiſs'd the laſſes hale-ſale a',
Sae merrily round the ring they row'd
when be the hand he led them a',
And ſmack on ſmack on them beſtow'd
by virtue of a ſtanding law.
