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THE

COALMAN's

Courtship, &c.


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(illegible text)LL you that's curious of Courtship, attention to this History of Mary and (illegible text)n Sawny, a young Coalman, who lived (illegible text) country a few miles from Edinburgh.

(illegible text)ry, his mither, was a gay hearty wife, (illegible text)air wantonness nor wealth; she was (illegible text) years a married wife, nine years (illegible text)w, and was very chaste in her be-(illegible text), wi' her ain tale (for want of charg-(illegible text) for a' this time of her widowhood, (illegible text) as never a man got a kiss o' her lips, (illegible text) a foul hand on her hind quarters.

(illegible text)y, her son, was a stout young raw (illegible text)ull faced, wi' flabby cheeks, duddy