[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

NA TO BE MAEKEIT AVA.
the ith of October 1833, soon after he had revised the last proof sheet
of " Geordie Chalmers, or the Law in Glenbuckie," one of the most
amusing of all his literary efforts.
Jta to hz JWanat ^ba.
Tune— fFooV^ and Married, and a.
Our Girzie was now threttie sax,
Tho' sum estit mair did her ca'.
And ane quyte sae auld to get marreit,
Has little or na chance ava.
And Girzie aft thinkan on this,
Lang sichs frae her brisket wad draw ;
Och ! is it na awsum to think
I soudna be marreit ava
Na to be marreit ava,
Na to be marreit ava,
Och, is it na awsum to think,
I soudna be marreit ava
For ilka young lass that dow brag
Of her tholing a wooer or twa,
Sail baud out her finger, and say.
That bodie has got nane ava.
And then whan thay aw faw marreit,
Thair spouses sail let thame gang braw,
Whyle they lauch at auld maids lyke mysell.
For na winning onie ava.
Na to be marreit, &c.
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