The Unfortunate shepherdess/Whistle o'er the lave o't

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The Unfortunate shepherdess (1820–1830)
Whistle o'er the lave o't
3231561The Unfortunate shepherdess — Whistle o'er the lave o't1820-1830


WHISTLE O'ER THE LAVE O'T.

FIRST when Maggy was my care,
Heaven, I thought, was in her hair;
Now we're married—spier nae mair—
Whistle o'er the lave o't.

Meg was meek and Meg was mild,
Bonnie Meg was nature's child—
Wiser men than me's beguil'd;
Whistle o'er the lave o't.

How we live, my Meg and me,
How we love and how we 'gree,
I carena by how few may see;
Whistle o'er the lave o't.

Wha I wish were maggot's meat,
Dish'd up in her winding-sheet,
I could write—but Mag maun see't—
Whistle o'er the lave o't.


FINIS.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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