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<HEAD>The Widdows Rant, Or a <HI>Wedding-Song,</HI> upon Widdow <HI>Jack&s;on</HI> in <HI>Borthuicks-Clo&s;s.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>Compo&s;ed by one of her own SEXES.</BYLINE>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1.</HEAD>
<L>ALL ye Wifes in this Town</L>
<L>Thats moved for your Men,</L>
<L>And ye that puts on Mourning deep</L>
<L>When they are dead for them;</L>
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<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2.</HEAD>
<L>And cryeth O my dear</L>
<L>Since thou art from me gone,</L>
<L>To no Man el&s;e I'll Wedded be</L>
<L>But live &s;ingle alone.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3.</HEAD>
<L>Detain your &s;elves from &s;obs,</L>
<L>And barken to my call,</L>
<L>I'le tell you of a Cha&s;t Widow</L>
<L>The Honour of you all;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4.</HEAD>
<L>It doth not much exceed</L>
<L>A Moneth or five weeks &s;pace,</L>
<L>Since &s;he put on her mourning Weed</L>
<L>And fiegned her face;</L>
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<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5.</HEAD>
<L>And &s;o her Neighbour &s;aid,</L>
<L>When &s;he was Mourning &s;ore,</L>
<L>Ye are a Widdow now indeed</L>
<L>And woe is us therefore.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6.</HEAD>
<L>Said &s;he hold ye your peace</L>
<L>And be not troubled &s;ore,</L>
<L>For though my man be freely dead;</L>
<L>I am even as before;</L>
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<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7.</HEAD>
<L>For when he was alive</L>
<L>Although he lay me near,</L>
<L>Neverthele&s;s a Widdow I</L>
<L>Have been more then ten year.</L>
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<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8.</HEAD>
<L>But Notwith &s;tanding &s;he</L>
<L>For him hath tane &s;uch care,</L>
<L>That &s;leep and re&s;t is freely gone</L>
<L>From her both late and air.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9.</HEAD>
<L>For which &s;he did complain</L>
<L>Unro the Pa&s;tor then,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e that for her Husbands death</L>
<L>She was grieved with pain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10.</HEAD>
<L>But yet her Neighbours dreads</L>
<L>That &s;he her &s;elf did fain,</L>
<L>And &s;ays it was but <HI>Tam auld's Fleas</HI></L>
<L>That made her &s;eek the Men.</L>
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<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11.</HEAD>
<L>It's likewi&s;e &s;aid by &s;ome,</L>
<L>That her Man's gan again,</L>
<L>And others &s;ay that by his Grips</L>
<L>They are &s;ting to the Bayne.</L>
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<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12.</HEAD>
<L>But whither its becau&s;e</L>
<L>That &s;he hath him forgot.</L>
<L>That he is going through the Clo&s;s,</L>
<L>This truly I know not.</L>
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<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13.</HEAD>
<L>Or if it be becau&s;e,</L>
<L>That &s;he hath her Bed Cloathed,</L>
<L>With covrings, and with other things,</L>
<L>Which he hath wholly loathed.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14.</HEAD>
<L>Or if it be indeed,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e that &s;he doth &s;pend,</L>
<L>The Mony on Beads, Kalls, and Rings,</L>
<L>By which his Son &s;hould &s;end.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15.</HEAD>
<L>Or if in fine it be,</L>
<L>That <HI>Ale</HI> rai&s;ing their Brain,</L>
<L>Makes them &s;ee three, where there is <HI>but two</HI></L>
<L>Determine if ye can.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16.</HEAD>
<L>Neverthele&s;s &s;he hath</L>
<L>A remedie procur'd,</L>
<L>By which &s;he may be freed from Fleas,</L>
<L>And of their &s;ting procur'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17.</HEAD>
<L>By finding out a Man,</L>
<L>That of &s;uch things had Skill,</L>
<L>As killing Fleas, and healing &s;tings,</L>
<L>Which tempted her mo&s;t ill.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18.</HEAD>
<L>But as &s;ome ones doth Judge</L>
<L>He pla&s;ters did apply,</L>
<L>Before that he was Graduat,</L>
<L>Fearing that &s;he &s;hould dye.</L>
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<LG N="19">
<HEAD>19.</HEAD>
<L>But lea&s;t that ye &s;hould doubt</L>
<L>Of whom I have thus Rim'd</L>
<L>I'le tell you Name, and Surname both,</L>
<L>That I may ea&s;e your mind.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20.</HEAD>
<L>She is a Lu&s;tie Wife,</L>
<L>and thinks her &s;elf no dro&s;s,</L>
<L>Her Name's call'd <HI>Nan&s;ie Cruck &s;hanks,</HI></L>
<L>She lives in <HI>Borthuicks-Clo&s;s.</HI></L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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