The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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The lad that has gear needna want
For neither a half nor a haill ane.*
My dad has a gude grey meare,
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And yours has twa cows and a filly
And that will be plenty o' gear :
Sae, Maggie, be na sae ill-willy.
Weel, Patie, lad, I dinna ken ;
But first ye maun speir at ray daddie ;
You're as weel born as Ben,
And I canna say but I'm ready.
We hae wealth o' yarn in clews,
To mak me a coat and a jimpey,
And plaidin' eneuch to be trews
Gif ye get it, I shanna scrimp ye !
Now fair fa' ye, my bonnie Meg I
I'se e'en let a smackie gae wi' ye :
May my neck be as lang as my leg.
If I be an ill husband unto ye !
Sae gang your ways hame e'en now
Mak ready gin this day fifteen days ;
And tell your father frae me,
I'll be his gude-son f in great kindness.
Maggie's as blythe as a wran,
Bodin' the blast o' ill weather
And a' the gaite singin' she ran.
To tell the news to her father.
* It was formerly customary in Scotland for two or more farmers to unite
in leasing and cultivating one farm. There is a mailen in the neighbourhood
of the town of Peebles, now occupied by one person, but which, little
more than forty years ago, sustained and gave employment to three farmers,
each of whom reared a large family.
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