And cadgily ranted and sang.
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‘O wow!’ quo he, ‘were I as free
As first when I saw this country,
How blyth and merry wad I be!
And I wad never think lang.’
He grew canty, and she grew fain,
But little did her auld minny ken
What thir slee twa togither were sayn,
When wooing they were sa[e] thrang.