with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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when J took down the notes from a country girl's
Doice had no great merit.— The following is a spe^
cimen
There was a pretty May,* and a milkin she went
Wi* her red rosy cheeks, and her coal-black hair
And she has met a young man a comin o^er the bent.
With a double and adieu to thee fair May.
O where are ye goin, my ain pretty May,
Wi' thy red rosy cheeks, and thy coal-black hair ?
Unto the yowes a milkin, kind sir, she says.
With a double and adieu to thee fair May,
What if I gang alang wi' thee, my ain pretty May,
Wi* thy red rosy cheeks, and thy coal-black hair j
Wad I be aught the warse o' that, kind sir, she says.
With a double and adieu to thee fair May.
&c. &c.
THE POSIE.
O luve will venture in, where it daur na weel be seen,
O luve will venture in, where wisdom ance has been,
But I will down yon river rove, amang the wood s^q
green,
And a' to pu' a posie to my ain dear May,
* Maid.
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