Pretty KATE of Edenborough:
BEING
A New Scotch Song,
Sung to the King at WINDSOR.
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JUst when the young and blooming Spring had melted down the winter Snow,
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And in the Grove the Birds did sing their charming Notes on evry Bough:
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Poor Willy sate bemoaning his fate, and woful state, for loving, loving, loving,
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and despairing too, alas! hed cry, that I must dye, for pretty Kate of Edenbrough.
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WIlly was late at a Wedding-house,
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where Lords and Ladies dancd all arow,
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But Willy none so pretty a Lass,
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as bonny Kate of Edenborough;
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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 entrancd in joys,
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with pretty Kate of Edenborough.
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The God of Love was Willys Friend
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and cast an eye of pity down,
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And streight 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 entrancd in joys,
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with pretty 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 pretty 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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lover, firm and true;
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And all his prate is now of late,
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of pretty Kate of Ededbrough.
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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 nearly curld;
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That in his mind he neer 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 pretty Kate of Edenbrough.
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