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66 UNFTED STATES<br />
^ag^gy I>audcr.<br />
Wha wadna be in love,<br />
Wi' bonnie Maggy Lauder ?<br />
A piper met her gaun to Fife,<br />
And speer'd what was't th»y ca'd her;<br />
Right scornfully she answVrd him,<br />
Begone you hallan shaker.<br />
Jog on your gate, you blaoderskalc.<br />
My name is Maggy Lauder.<br />
Maggy, quoth he, and by my bags,<br />
Pm fidging fain to see <strong>the</strong>e ;<br />
Sit down by me, my bonnie bird,<br />
In troth I wnnna steer <strong>the</strong>e;<br />
For I'm a piper to my trade.<br />
My name is Rob <strong>the</strong> Ranter.<br />
The lasses loup as <strong>the</strong>y were daft.<br />
When I blaw up my chanter.<br />
Piper, quoth Meg, hae you your bags,<br />
Or is your drone in order ;<br />
If you be Rob, Pve heard <strong>of</strong> you.<br />
Live you upon <strong>the</strong> border 1<br />
The lasses a' baith far an' near.<br />
Have heard o' Rob <strong>the</strong> Ranter;<br />
rU shake my foot w:' right good wUl,<br />
Gif ye'll blaw up y^our chanter.<br />
Then to his bags he flew wi' speed.<br />
About <strong>the</strong> drone h e twisted ;<br />
Meg up and wallop'c o'er <strong>the</strong> greerv,<br />
For brawly could rhe frisk it;<br />
Weel done, quoth he, play up, quoth sha.<br />
Weel bob'd, quoth Rob tlie Ranter,<br />
worth my while to play, indeed.<br />
When I hae sic a dancer.
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