Get woo’d and married an’ a’,
Woo’d and married an’ a’;
Married and woo’d an’ a’:
And not, by some foolish miscarriage,
Get woo’d and married an’ a’.
This maxim itself might content ye,
That marriage is made—by consent;
Provided its done de prœsenti,
And marriage is really what’s meant.
Suppose that young Jocky and Jenny