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WILL YOU GO AND MARRY KATIE
Will ye go and marry Katie,
Can ye think to tak a man!
It's a pity ane she pretty.
Should na do the thing they can.
You, a charming lovely creature,
Wherefore wad ye lie ye'r lane!
Beauty's of a facing nature
Has a season, and is gane
Therefore while ye're blooming, Katie,
Listen to a lozing swain;
Tak a mark by auntie Betty.
Once the darling o' the men:
She, wi' coy add fickle nature.
Trided aff till she's grown auld,
Now she'a left by ilka creature:
Let na this o'thee be tauld
But my dear and lovely Katie,
This ae thing I hae to tell,
I could wuh nae man to get ye,
{em}}Save it were my very sol.
Tak, me, Katie, at my offer,
