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But ſoon comply, or else I die,
ſae tell me but a flaw:
If thou can love there's none above
thee, I can fancy ſae;
I would be bleſt, If I but wiſt
that ye would ſhake, ray ſtrae.
She, wi' a ſmile ſaid, ye're beguil'd,
I manna fancy thee,
My mither bau'd, ſhe would me ſcauld,
ſae dinnae die for me.
But yet I own as I’m near grown
a woman, ſince it’s ſae.
I’ll marry thee, ſyne ye'll get me
to ſhake your Peaſe Strae.
THE
MINISTER MAID’s COURTSHIP,
WHEN I was a bonny wee laſſie,
I lived by yon river tide;
A benny wie laddie courted me,
for to make me his bride;
My maſter being one of the Clergy,
I kentna we'l how to do;
But I courted ay wi' my laddie,
and pleas'd the Miniſter to.
We waited a' opportunities,
