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KATIE’S ANSWER TO WABSTER JOCK.
Tune,—Here awa' there awa' had awa’ hame.
PRESERVE us, Johnny, you’ve trantlooms mony,
I thought I ſaw them a’ wi' my een,
But tho’ ye ſkin them up fu bonnie,
Ye’re no ſae rich as ye wad ſeem,
The loom, for guideſake, ride nae mair on her,
Ye'll break her back ſhe’s ſauce at the bame,
Amang the tredles ye’ll light wi’ diſhouour,
Ye're no ſae rich as ye wad ſeem.
Your heddles are auld your kavels are rotten,
Your ſhuttle’s a lazy jade. I ween,
Your tradles but arnie and twa o' them broken,
Ye're no ſae rich as ye wad ſeem.
I douna think on caun your pirns,
Ye'll ay be girnin, an’ ay at hame,
I doubt ye’ve ſtoun your teats o’ yearn,
Ye're no ſae rich as ye wad ſeem.
