The Old Maid (4) I am an auld maid and I live in a garret Naebody to help or to cheer My only companions a cat and a parrot Losh sirse, but it is unco drear Than what do ye think o' my case, my friends And what dae ye think I should dee I wad be unco fain o' a hame o' my ain And a gude wife I'm sure I wad be But I want nae a man who is dashing and gay Or a man who lives only for gain Or one that's devoted to sporting and play Or a fop who is silly and vain But let me be gudewife to a clouthie gudeman Who is fearless and honest and true And the rule of whose life is the grand scripture plan Do as you would have others do And give me a croft at the foot o' a hill Wi' gowans upon the green sward In sight an' in sound o' a clear sparkling rill A peat stack and a bonnie kailyard We could never be dull with our work to attend We would always have plenty to do Our evenings in summer 'mang our flowers we would spend In the long winter nichts read and sew printed in Gavin Grieg SOF
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