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HANDSOME KATIE.

Tune—Sleepy Maggy

Now Winter comes wi’ brtath ſae ſnell,
and nips wi’ froſt the gizzen'd gowan,
Yet froſty Winter ſtrange to tell
has ſet my thrawart hear a lowin,

O dearest charming Katie.
O Sweetest winſone Katie.
My heart has flown acroſs the loan,
To dwell wi' my ſweet neebor Katie.

When a’ the chiels wi’ noſes blue,
creep chutetin' roun the cantie ingle,
Thro' ſleet and ſnaw to Kate I gae.
deawn wi' a whang o' Cupi's* lingle.
O deareſt &c.

When our back-ooor I gang to ſteek,
and bonnie Kate, frae her back winneck,
Gies a bit ſlee and ſmiling keck
it warms me like a toaſtedd bannock.
O desreſt &c.

To ſleep I try but tie ne'er ae wink:
frae hopleſs love may fate ay ſcreen us!
I ſprawl and fidget when (illegible text)
there a noogh bus a wee loan atween us.
O dearest, &c.

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