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JENNY LASS, My BONNY BIRD.

JENNY laſs, my bonny bird.
my father's dead, and a that,
And ſnugly hid aneath the yird,
An' I'm his heir, an' a' that,
I'm now a laird, an' a' that,
I'm now a laird, an' a' that,
I've gear an' lan' at my comman'
an' muckle mair than a' that.

He left me, wi' his diein' breath,
a dwelling house an a' that;
Guid byars an' birns an' wabs o' claith,
a guid peat stack an a' that;
A mare, a foal an' a' that;
A mare, a foal an' a' that;
Sax guid milk ky, a ca f forby;
twa guid pet ewes an' a' that.

A yard, a meadow long braid lees;
wi' ſtacks o corn an a' that'
They're weel hedg'd roun wi thorn an' trees,
an' carts' an cars an' a' that;
A plou' an' g ith an a' that;
A plou' an' graith an' a' that;
Good harrow twa, cock, hens an a',
A grizie too, an' a' that.

I've walth o'claiths for ilka-days,
for Sundays too, an' a' that;