XII.

        But Donald Scot ’s the happy lad,
          Though a’ the lave sud try to rate him;
        Whan he steps up the brae sae glad,
          She disna ken maist whare to set him: 
        Donald Scot is wooing at her,
          Courting her, will maybe get her;
    Bonny Lizzy Liberty, wow, sae mony ’s wooing at her.

XIII.

        Now, Donald, tak’ a frien’s advice—­
          I ken fu’ weel ye fain wad hae her;
        As ye are happy, sae be wise,
          And ha’d ye wi’ a smackie frae her: 
        Ye ’re wooing at her, fain wad hae her,
          Courting her, will maybe get her;
    Bonny Lizzy Liberty, there ’s ow’r mony wooing at her.

XIV.

        Ye ’re weel, and wat’sna, lad, they ‘re sayin’,
          Wi’ getting leave to dwall aside her;
        And gin ye had her a’ your ain,
          Ye might na find it mows to guide her: 
        Ye ’re wooing at her, fain wad hae her,
          Courting her, will maybe get her;
    Cunning quean, she ’s ne’er be mine, as lang ’s sae mony ’s wooing at her.

THE STIPENDLESS PARSON.

TUNE—­"A Cobbler there was," &c.

I.

How happy a life does the Parson possess,
Who would be no greater, nor fears to be less;
Who depends on his book and his gown for support,
And derives no preferment from conclave or court! 

          
                                                      Derry down, &c.

II.

Without glebe or manse settled on him by law,
No stipend to sue for, nor vic’rage to draw;
In discharge of his office he holds him content,
With a croft and a garden, for which he pays rent. 

          
                                                      Derry down, &c.

III.

With a neat little cottage and furniture plain,
And a spare room to welcome a friend now and then;
With a good-humour’d wife in his fortune to share,
And ease him at all times of family care. 

          
                                                      Derry down, &c.

IV.

With a few of the Fathers, the oldest and best,
And some modern extracts pick’d out from the rest;
With a Bible in Latin, and Hebrew, and Greek,
To afford him instruction each day of the week. 

          
                                                      Derry down, &c.

V.

What children he has, if any are given,
He thankfully trusts to the kindness of Heaven;
To religion and virtue he trains them while young,
And with such a provision he does them no wrong. 

          
                                                      Derry down, &c.