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2^d

There is neet A Laird in all Dumfries
Tho many A Laird there be
can ever say such things to please.
As my dear shepherd to me
And though but little she your beau boast
Of acres Houses or [geal...]
Of all the shepherd I love him most
And he is my only dear
Then gang o'er the hill &c. &c.

3^d
Twelve months are gone and something more
Since we fixed on it to wed
And should we tarry till c^den thurscore
Why something will c^der be said
Then let us now while yet tis spring
And sympathy warms each breast
Twine hands together in hymens string
And love will make up the rest
Then gang eer the hill &c. &c. -

Moderato The Cockoo from the Aviary a collection of sonnets

Now the Sun is in the west sinking slow behind the trees,
And the Cuckoo wekcine guest, gen-tly woes the evening breeze, Cuckoo -