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The LADIES BREASTKNOT.
THERE was a bridal in this town,
And till't the laſſes a' was houn',
With mankie facings on their gown,
And ſome of them had breaſt-knots.
chorus.
O the bonny, O the bonny,
O the bonny breaſt-knots,
Tight and bonny were they a'
When they got on their breaſt-knots.
And there was mony luſty lad,
As ever handled grape and gaud,
I wat their manhood well they ſhaw'd,
At ruffling of the breaſt-knot. O, &c.
At nine o'clock they did conveen,
Some clad in blue, ſome clad in green,
Wi' glancing buckles in their ſheen,
And flowers upon their waiſtcoat. O, &c.
The bride by this time was right fain,
When that ſhe ſaw fae light a train,
She pray'd the day might keep frae rain.
For Spoiling of their breaſt-knots. O, &c.
Forth came the wives a' wi' a phraſe,
and wiſh'd the laſſie happy days,
And muckle made they of her claiths,
And ſpecially the breaſt-knot, O, &c.
