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274 PEGGY

MY Peggy is a young thing,

  Just enter'd in her teens,

Fair as the day, and sweet as May,

Fair as the day, and always gay;

My Peggy is a young thing,

  And I'm not very auld,

Yet well I like to meet her at

   The wawking〖Watching.〗 of the fauld.〖Sheep-fold.〗

My Peggy speaks sae sweetly

  Whene'er we meet alane,

I wish nae mair to lay my care,

I wish nae mair of a' that's rare;

My Peggy speaks sae sweetly,

   To a' the lave〖Rest.〗 I'm cauld,

But she gars〖Makes.〗 a' my spirits glow

   At wawking of the fauld.

My Peggy smiles sae kindly

   Whene'er I whisper love,

That I look down on a' the town,

That I look down upon a crown;

My Peggy smiles sae kindly,

   It makes me blyth and bauld,

And naething gives me sic delight

   As wawking of the fauld.

My Peggy sings sae saftly

   When on my pipe I play,

By a' the rest it is confest,

By a' the rest, that she sings best;

My Peggy sings sae saftly,

   And in her sangs are tauld

With innocence the wale〖Choice.〗 of sense,

   At wawking of the fauld.

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