1 narse S Sturn't S

ground turnpike

The S Pe

2 be lockit S 3 pe S 4 prokit S sodger Sdwal S 10 door cheek S 13 turn't S 14 cadger S came S 18 that S 19 turnimspike S

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15 hur S 16 fears S

cheaper going

must

VIII

And wow she pe a ponny road
Like Louden corn-rigs, man,
Where twa carts may gang on her,
And no preak1 other's legs, man.

IX

They sharge a penny for ilka hors,

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(In troth, they'l be na sheaper,)
For nought but gaeng3 upo' the crund,
And they gie me a paper.

X

The tak the horse than pe the head,
And there they make them stand, man,
I teld them that I seen the day,

They had na sic command, man.

XI

Nae doubt 5 nainsel man 6 draw his purse

And pay them what him's like, man,
I'll see a shudgment on his store,

That filthy turnsumpike,7 man.

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above

III

Thy face so beautifull and gay

Engageth me to love thee,

Thou'rt sweeter than the flowers in May,

There's 1 nane I'll prize above thee.
Thy wit shin'd so into my eyes

Aboon a' human creatures,
That Cupid caught me as a prize,
Beholding thy fine features.

right fully steps

IV

The ways of virtue, Peggy, trust
I will observe fu' brawly,
I'll shun the staps of Venus' lust,

Whan ithers wi' them dallie.
Up stairs, down stairs,2

Timber stairs fear me:

I pray you, drap your foolish fears,
Dear Peggy, and come near me !

1 Therse MS

2 down stairs twice Nicol.

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F. ENGLISH AND IRISH SONGS

CXIII

SONG MADE ON THE SIGN OF
MR. THOS. TOD

TOWN CLERK OF MUSSLEBURGH

There is painted thereon a fox running away with a goose with this motto: Oportet vivere.

WOU'D 1

I

you have law for writer's dues?

To Mussleburgh repair O,

The town-clark's sign there plainly shews,

That ev'ry thing is fair O.

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II

A fox picks up a goose-she cries:
"Why, sure, Sir, this is theiving!"

In good Law-Latin he replies:
"We vermin must have living!"

1 would II.