NOT TO BE MARRIED AVA.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 106, 11 October 1879, Page 3

NOT TO BE MARRIED AVA.

J miis humorous poem first appeared in Chamber's Journal in July, 1835,- ami . to lie the. work of a young dissenting minister,], ■v ''Qi'deaff J am now thirty-six, SVsomf rather mair wad me ca' Quid ane just sac auld to get married J *Hos little or noo chance ava. j . '';•*." No to be-married ava;- - ['• No to be married ava; Oh, is it not awfu' to think, I'm no to be married ava ? FaVHka young lass than can boost That she has a lover or twa Will haud out her fingers and say, ' •' That body has got name ava." ' And then, when they a' get married, Their husbands will let them gang. . :braw; Arid they laugh at auld maids like my- • • seT No to he, &c. •Some wives that are waters o' men . ; . \year dune noetbing less than their ;.». ' twa; ."■'''' | s But this I wad haud as a crime That ought to be punished bylaw. For are they no. muckle to blame, .

Wfjeu thus to theiirtel's tiiey.ta.kV, • • Ne.eK thinking *o'-inony an auld moid That'* no to be married ava "' 'No to be, &c. But as for the men that get married, ' Altho' it were souie beyont twa,; I think they should be aye respeckit For helping see mony twa' : ' But as for the' "autl baeh'lor bodies, Their necks, every aue, I could thraw, For. nocht is this use for their lives, Not.to.be married ava. Not to be etc. 01), gin, I could get but a husband, Altuo, he wore never sae sum' Oh, be what he like, 1 wad tak' him, 'Thoughscarce like a manuie.uva. . . Comu'aouter, come tailor come tinkler, " Oli, coiue, but, and tak' me dwa'; Ob, giewe a bode, ne'er so little; ? I'll tak it—and?never say no. ■ v - ; , , "' ,' No to be, oic. ' , 'Come deaf, or oomo dumb, on coiuej crip- "■■ ■'■ pie. • ' : -Wi' a'e leg, or nag leg ava; 'Or'eoiue'yo. wi' a'o e'e or nae e'e, : " : 111 tak' ye as ready's wi' twai tfo'me young, or come auld, or come doitet; 'Ob, come—ony aue o'ye a'; Far better be married at something .Thau no to be married at a'. . . ' No to be, A&. Noo, lads, gin'there's ony amang yo '" : AVad like just upon me to oa' Ye'U find me no ill to be courted, "For shyness I hoe put awa'; And if ye. should want a bit wifio, '' Ye'll kao to what quarter to draw;' 'And e'en should we no innk' a bargain', " We'll ayo get a kissic or twa. "'• : '■'• No to be,.e4jc.. , .;