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

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My loupin breast to his lie press'd,
He row'd me in his plaidie ;
He held me there till I confess 'd,
I dearly lo'ed the laddie 0.
He says I kill'd him wi' my e'en
His tale is ever ready O
He swears by a' the stars of heav'n,
That Nell shall be his ladie O.
Ilka lass is thrang engaged
Wi' some weel fassoun'd callan O
My neibours, Jess and Jean, are pledged
To marry Rab and Allan O.
The English girls are fond of John,
The Irish maids of Paddy O
Jamie, give me, or give me none.
My bonnie Ayrshire laddie 0.
Ance I cross'd the raging sea
Frae Leith o'er to Kirkaldy ;
But ne'er a lad yet catch'd my e'e,
Like my dear Ayrshire laddie O.
At gloamin' v/e gaed down yestreen,
To ask my mam and daddy O
And their consent was freely gi'en—
They kent my lad was steady O.
There may be mony a richer pair,
And mony mae mair gaudy O
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0' love there few hae sic a share,
As Nell and her Ayrshia-e laddie 0.
This song is from a stall collection, printed at Glasgow in 1816.
know not its paternity.
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