Fugitive Verses

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A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD SCOTCH SONG.

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	"SAW ye Johnny comin?" quo' she,
	"Saw ye Johnny comin?
	Wi' his blue bonnet on his head,
	And his doggie runnin.
	Yestreen about the gloamin time
	I chanced to see him comin,
	Whistling merrily the tune
	That I am a' day hummin," quo' she,
	"I am a' day hummin."

	"Fee him, faither, fee him," quo' she,
	"Fee him, faither, fee him;
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	A' the wark about the house
	Gaes wi' me whan I see him:
	A' the wark about the house,
	I gang sae lightly through it;
	And though ye pay some merks o' geer,
	Hoot! ye winna rue it," quo' she,
	"No; ye winna rue it."

	"What wad I do wi' him, hizzy?
	What wad I do wi' him?
	He's ne'er a sark upon his back,
	And I hae nane to gie him."
	"I hae twa sarks into my kist,
	And ane o' them I'll gie him;
	And for a merk o' mair fee,
	O, dinna stand wi' him," quo' she,
	"Dinna stand wi' him."

	"Weel do I lo'e him," quo' she,
	"Weel do I lo'e him,
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	The brawest lads about the place
	Are a' but haverels to him.
	O fee him, faither; lang I trow
	We've dull and dowie been;
	He'll haud the plough, thrash i' the barn,
	And crack wi' me at e'en," quo' she,
	"Crack wi' me at e'en."

About this text
Courtesy of University of California, Davis. General Library. Digital Intitiatives Program.; http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp
http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt567nb8xt&brand=oac4
Title: Fugitive Verses
By:  Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851, creator, British Women Romantic Poets Project
Date: 2001 (issued)
Contributing Institution: University of California, Davis. General Library. Digital Intitiatives Program.; http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp
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