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She bade the Laird gae kaim his wig,
The Soldier not to strut sae big,
The Lawyer not to be a prig,
The fool he cry’d : “tee-hee.
"I ken’d that I could never fail;’
But she prinn’d the dish-clout to his tail,
And cool’d him wi’ a water-pail.
And kept her Bawbee.
Then Johnny cam’ a lad o' sense,
Altho’ he had na mony pence,
He took young Jenny to the spence,
Wi’ her to crack a wee;
Now, Johnny was a clever chiel,
And here his suit he press’d sae weel
That Jenny's, heart grew fast as jeel
And she birl’d her Bawbee.
The Caledonian Laddie.
BLYTHE Sandy is a bonny boy,
And always is a wooing,
Nor is he e’er too bold or coy,
Although he is a-looing;
