Katy's Answer

Katy's Answer

Original Text
Allan Ramsay, Poems, 3rd edn. (Edinburgh, 1720). B-10 8074 Fisher Rare Book Library
1My mither's ay glowran o'er me,
2Tho she did the same before me,
3       I canna get leave
4       To look to my loove,
5Or else she'll be like to devour me.
6  Right fain wad I take ye'r offer,
7Sweet Sir, but I'll tine my tocher,
8       Then, Sandy, ye'll fret,
9       And wyt ye'r poor Kate,
10When e'er ye keek in your toom coffer.
11  For tho my father has plenty
12Of siller and plenishing dainty,
13       Yet he's unco sweer
14       To twin wi' his gear,
15And sae we had need to be tenty.
16  Tutor my parents wi' caution,
17Be wylie in ilka motion,
18       Brag well o' ye'r land,
19       And there's my leal hand,
20Win them, I'll be at your devotion.

Notes

1] glowran: gazing. Back to Line
7] tine: forfeit, lose.
tocher: dowry. Back to Line
9] wyt: blame. Back to Line
10] keek: peep.
toom: empty. Back to Line
13] unco: unusually.
sweer: slow. Back to Line
14] twin: part with. Back to Line
15] tenty: careful. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1720
RPO poem Editors
N. J. Endicott
RPO Edition
2RP.1.644; RPO 1996-2000.
Rhyme
aabba