‘O haud yer tongue, ye foolish man,

Yer speech is a’ but folly;

For if Geordie’s neck war on a block,

Ye sould neer enjoy his ladie.

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‘It’s I hae se’en weel gawn mills,

I wait they a’ gang daily;

I’ll gie them a’ an amang ye a’

For the sparin o my Geordie.

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