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She's charming and pretty, ſhe'll ſoon make me happy,
I've lov'd her ſince ever I was at the ſchool.
O ſhepherd you're fooliſh to bind to a woman,
Believe me, you'll rue it, and that very ſoon
For if ſhe proves conſtant, you'll ſcarce find another,
You'll ſcarce find another under the moon;
For me I am no ways a mind for to marry,
But kiſs all the girls that comes in the way:
For the very laſt ſummer, between Etrick and Yarrow,
I've kiſs'd mair than twenty that ne'er ſaid me nae.
But the kindeſt young laſſie that ever I met with
She lives with her mammy, ſhe has nae mae ava;
I went for te ſee her, and O it was lucky,
For that very night the auld wife was awa:
She made up a bed, and bid me come to it,
And gave all I aſkeſt without e'er a frown,
She kiſs'd me, and bleſt me, before that we parted,
And promis'd to met me next winter in town.
O what is the name of that bonny young laſſie,
O what is her name, and what age may ſhe ſeem
Her name is Jeanie, ſhe lives in Platiney,
A tall pretty girl about ſeventeen.
A curſe light upon you and him that begat you,
And all your ain ſiſters, you limbo the dei l,
For if you've deſtroy‘d her, ye villain, here's at you,
I've lov'd her ſince ever I was at the ſchool.
O ſhepherd you're fooliſh to bind to a woman,
Believe me, you'll rue it, and that very ſoon
For if ſhe proves conſtant, you'll ſcarce find another,
You'll ſcarce find another under the moon;
For me I am no ways a mind for to marry,
But kiſs all the girls that comes in the way:
For the very laſt ſummer, between Etrick and Yarrow,
I've kiſs'd mair than twenty that ne'er ſaid me nae.
But the kindeſt young laſſie that ever I met with
She lives with her mammy, ſhe has nae mae ava;
I went for te ſee her, and O it was lucky,
For that very night the auld wife was awa:
She made up a bed, and bid me come to it,
And gave all I aſkeſt without e'er a frown,
She kiſs'd me, and bleſt me, before that we parted,
And promis'd to met me next winter in town.
O what is the name of that bonny young laſſie,
O what is her name, and what age may ſhe ſeem
Her name is Jeanie, ſhe lives in Platiney,
A tall pretty girl about ſeventeen.
A curſe light upon you and him that begat you,
And all your ain ſiſters, you limbo the dei l,
For if you've deſtroy‘d her, ye villain, here's at you,
