The Linnet (1819, Falkirk)/I am not Twenty

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I AM NOT TWENTY.

As thro' the grove the other day,
I gang'd so blythe and bonny,
Who should I meet upon the way
But my true lover Johnny;
With eager haste he clasp'd my waist,
and kisses gave me plenty.
Tho' I deny'd, and thus reply'd,
Dear lad, I am not twenty.

What's that to me. the shepherd cry'd,
you're old enough to marry,
Then come, sweet lass, and be my bride,
no longer let us tarry;
 ​But let's begone, o'er yonder lawn,
where lads and lasses plenty,
Are fill'd with joy, and kiss and toy,
altho' they are not twenty.

I listen'd to his soothing tale,
and gang'd with him so rarely,
With song and pipe he did prevail,
he won my wishes fairly;
O! he's the lad, that makes me gl(illegible text)
with kisses sweet and plenty;
So I declare, by all that's fair,
I'll wed tho' not quite twenty!

Divider from 'The Linnet', a chapbook printed in Falkirk in 1819
Divider from 'The Linnet', a chapbook printed in Falkirk in 1819

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