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<HEAD>The Scotch Wedding: OR, A &s;hort and Pretty Way of Wooing.</HEAD>
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<L>When as Complexions do agree,</L>
<L>And all things they are fitting;</L>
<L>Why &s;hould the time prolonged be,</L>
<L>Be quick and mind your Knitting.</L>
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<OPENER>To a New Northern Tune, much us'd at the Theatres.</OPENER>
<P>With Allowance.</P>
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<LG>
<L>IN <HI>January</HI> la&s;t, upon</L>
<L>a Munday on the Morn;</L>
<L>As along the fields I pa&s;t,</L>
<L>to view the Winter Corn:</L>
<L>I ligged me behind the Bray,</L>
<L>and I &s;aw come o're the Slow,</L>
<L>Yean glenting in an Apron,</L>
<L><HI>with a bonny brant brow.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I had good Morrow fair Maid,</L>
<L>and &s;he right courteou&s;ly,</L>
<L>By Fe and Tro, geud Sir, &s;he &s;aid,</L>
<L>geud day agen to ye;</L>
<L>I &s;aid to her, fair Maid, quo I,</L>
<L>how far intend you now,</L>
<L>Quo &s;he geud Sir a mile or two,</L>
<L><HI>to yonder bonny Brow.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fair Maid I'm w&eacute;el contented,</L>
<L>to have like company,</L>
<L>For I am ganging on the gate,</L>
<L>where you intend to be;</L>
<L>When we had walkt a mile or two,</L>
<L>I &s;aid to her my Dow;</L>
<L>May I not lift your Apron,</L>
<L><HI>and ki&s;s your bonny Brow.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Nay geud Sir you'r mi&s;taken,</L>
<L>for I am na'ne of thei&s;e;</L>
<L>I wot you ha mare br&eacute;eding,</L>
<L>then lift a wemans clearhes:</L>
<L>Ye kn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">w we Mun for mode&s;ty,</L>
<L>nea at the fir&s;t time bow,</L>
<L>But if we like your company:</L>
<L>we are as kind as you.</L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>I Teuk her by the hand &s;o &s;maw,</L>
<L>an I led her o're the Lawn,</L>
<L>I gave her many a glancing leuk,</L>
<L>&s;o did &s;he me again;</L>
<L>I led her in amang the Bent,</L>
<L>where nean of awe cu'd &s;ee,</L>
<L>And then quo I my bonny La&s;s,</L>
<L>now wilt thou mow with me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I dare not deathat d&eacute;ed, quo &s;he,</L>
<L>for fear I prove with Bearn,</L>
<L>And then may I &s;ing lullabee,</L>
<L>and live in mickle &s;corn;</L>
<L>Tu&s;h fye, quo I, tack thou ne care,</L>
<L>fear not with Bearn to be,</L>
<L>For weel I wat next Holliday,</L>
<L>that I will wed with thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I laid htr down upon the Green,</L>
<L>and &s;aid prove kind my dear;</L>
<L>We now are &s;afe from being &s;een,</L>
<L>thou n&eacute;eds nea danger &s;ea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">:</L>
<L>She blu&s;h and &s;miled in my face,</L>
<L>my bonny Lad, quo &s;he,</L>
<L>Since we are in this uncouth place,</L>
<L>deal kindly now with me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I u&s;ed all my skill and art,</L>
<L>her humour for to plea&s;e;</L>
<L>I prickt her, but &s;he felt no &s;mart,</L>
<L>but &s;till lay at her ea&s;e;</L>
<L>At length I put her to the &s;queak,</L>
<L>and claw'd her bonny weam;</L>
<L>Quo &s;he, my heart with joy will break,</L>
<L>pray let me now gang heam.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When we had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ane of love our fill,</L>
<L>&s;ea weel &s;he pleas'd my mind;</L>
<L>I vow'd I wad be con&s;tant &s;till,</L>
<L>&s;ince that &s;he was &s;o kind;</L>
<L>Quo I my onely Duck, my dear,</L>
<L>now let us twa agree;</L>
<L>How to provide cur Bridal ch&eacute;er,</L>
<L>again&s;t we wedded be.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The warft on't is, my love, quo &s;he,</L>
<L>we want a King I trow,</L>
<L>Ne'r rack, quo I, leave that to me,</L>
<L>i'le &s;ell my Dodded Yow;</L>
<L><HI>Mi&s;s John</HI> the Vicar is my friend,</L>
<L>who will be rul'd by me;</L>
<L>An hour or twa with us to &s;pend,</L>
<L>when we &s;hall wedded be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Weel ha beath bak'd, &amp; boil'd, &amp; roa&s;t,</L>
<L>upon our Weddding day,</L>
<L>And <HI>Will</HI> the Weaver at my co&s;t</L>
<L>&s;hall on the Bag-pipes play;</L>
<L>The Lads and La&s;&s;es in the Town,</L>
<L>&s;hall at our Nuptials be,</L>
<L>And thou &s;halt have a Tawny Gown,</L>
<L>&s;ea weel thou plea&s;es me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now when the Wedding day was come</L>
<L>as they did beath conclude,</L>
<L>The dinner was in readine&s;s,</L>
<L>the liquor it was brew'd;</L>
<L>And &s;o they went unto the Kirk,</L>
<L>weel wedded for to be;</L>
<L>And made a mickle merry fea&s;t,</L>
<L>and now lives lovingly.</L>
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<P>Printed for <HI>P.</HI> Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball, in We&s;t-&s;mith field.</P>
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