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Come ben then, Margret, honest woman
Mar. Na, na, Sir! dinna speak o' that,
I'll tak' nae dinner weel I wat:
Wi' gentle manners (ye will grant it)
I've ever yet been unacquantit.
Min. The manners that ye use at hame—
Use here, an' banish fear an' shame.
The company's but few they're wholly
My wife, a preacher, Jess, and Polly;
Ye'se tak' your dinner or ye gang
Just do like me, ye'll no gae wrang
To dine, at length, she was advised
Gade glowrin' ben like ane suprised;
Spread wide her gown, her head ereck'd,
Confus'd and awkwardly she beck'd
While rev'rend Mess John, kind and fair
Conducted her unto a chair;
An' told them wi' a knacky sentence,
She was an intimate acquaintance.
Blate like, aroun' them a' she gaz'd;
But at the table was amaz'd,
She ne'er before saw siken fairlies,
Sae mony antic turly-whurlies,
How to behave, while she was eating,
In sic a nicy, gentle meeting,
She had great fears—her heart was beating,
Mar. Na, na, Sir! dinna speak o' that,
I'll tak' nae dinner weel I wat:
Wi' gentle manners (ye will grant it)
I've ever yet been unacquantit.
Min. The manners that ye use at hame—
Use here, an' banish fear an' shame.
The company's but few they're wholly
My wife, a preacher, Jess, and Polly;
Ye'se tak' your dinner or ye gang
Just do like me, ye'll no gae wrang
To dine, at length, she was advised
Gade glowrin' ben like ane suprised;
Spread wide her gown, her head ereck'd,
Confus'd and awkwardly she beck'd
While rev'rend Mess John, kind and fair
Conducted her unto a chair;
An' told them wi' a knacky sentence,
She was an intimate acquaintance.
Blate like, aroun' them a' she gaz'd;
But at the table was amaz'd,
She ne'er before saw siken fairlies,
Sae mony antic turly-whurlies,
How to behave, while she was eating,
In sic a nicy, gentle meeting,
She had great fears—her heart was beating,
