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O when she cam' ben she bobbed fu' law, / O when she cam' ben she bobbed fu' law, / And when she cam' ben, she kiss'd Cockpen, / And syne denied she did it at a'.
And was na Cockpen right saucy witha'? / And was na Cockpen right saucy witha'? / In leaving the daughter of a lord, / And kissin' a collier lassie an' a'!
O never look down, my lassie, at a', / O never look down, my lassie, at a', / Thy lips are as sweet, and thy figure complete, / As the finest dame in castle or ha'.
Tho' thou has nae silk, and holland sae sma', / Tho' thou has nae silk, and holland sae sma', / Thy coat and thy sark are thy ain handiwark, / And lady Jean was never sae braw.