Pretty KATE of Edenborough;
BEING
A New Scotch Song,
Sung to the KING at Windsor.
Just when the young & blooming Spring, had melted down the winter Snow,
And in the Grove the birds did sing these charming Notes on ev'ry Bough:
Poor Willy sat bemoaning his fate, and woful state, for loving, loving, loving
and dispairing too, alas! he'd cry, that I must dye, for pritty Kate of Edenbrough.
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WIlly was late at a Wedding-house,
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where Lords & Ladies danc'd all arow
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But Willy none so pritty a Lass
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as bonny Kate of Edenbrough;
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Her bright eyes, with smiling joys,
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did so surprize,
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And something, something, something,
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else that shot him through:
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Thus Willy lies, entranc'd in joys,
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with pritty Kate of Edenbrough
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The God of Love was Willy's Friend,
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and cast an eye of pitty down
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And straight a fatal Dart did send,
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the cruel Virgins heart to wound:
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Now every Dream is all of him,
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who still does seem
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More lovely, lovely, lovely,
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since the Marriage Vow:
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Thus Willy lies, entranc'd in joys,
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with pritty Kate of Edenbrough.
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Now Willy thinks his happiness,
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all other Creatures do exceed,
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His tongue cannot his joys express,
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since Kate and he are well agreed:
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Both day and night, her beauty bright,
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is his delight,
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And nothing, nothing, nothing,
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else can Willy do,
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But sound her fame, and praise the Name
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of pritty Kate of Edenbrough.
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Cupid with his love doth bless,
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granting him his hearts desire,
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He doth continually express,
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how that his heart is all on fire:
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He feels no pains, amidst his Chains,
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but still remains
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A wounded, wounded, wounded
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love firm and true;
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And all his prate, is now of late,
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of pritty Kate of Edenbrough.
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He swears her eyes are full of Charms,
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enough to conquer all the world,
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Her smiles secure him from all harms,
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her Locks they are so neatly curl'd;
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That in his mind he ne'r shall find
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since she proves kind,
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A Lover, Lover, Lover,
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like his Katy true;
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and doth express his happiness,
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in pritty Kate of Edenbrough.
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FINIS.
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