24 What my love wants in words, I will make up in deeds Then why should we waste time in stuff, child? performance, you know well, a promise exceeds, And a word to the wise is enough, child.
WHEN JOHN AND ME WERE MARRIED.
When John and me were married, Our haddin' was but sma', For my minnie, cankert carlin, Wad gie us nocht ava. I wairt my fee wi' cannie care, As far as it would gae, But weel I wat our bridal bel Was clean pease strae.
Wi' working late and early, We've come to what you see ; For fortune thrave aneath our hands, Sae eident aye were we. The lowe of love made labour light. I'm sure ye'll find it sae, When kind ye cuddle down at e'en, 'Mang clean pease strae.
The rese blooms gay en eairny brae, As weel's in birken shaw, And love will lewe in cottage low, As weel's in lofty ha'; Sae, lassie, tak the lad ye like, Whate'er your mimnie say, Tho' you should mak' your bridal bed Of clean pease strae.
