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THE BELLES OF MAUCHLINE by ROBERT BURNS

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First Line: IN MAUCHLINE THERE DWELLS SIX PROPER YOUNG BELLES
Last Line: BUT ARMOUR'S THE JEWEL FOR ME O' THEM A'.
Subject(s): GIRLS;
In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles,
The pride of the place and its neighbourhood a';
Their carriage and dress, a stranger would guess,
In Lon'on or Paris, they'd gotten it a'.

Miss Miller is fine, Miss Markland's divine,
Miss Smith she has wit, and Miss Betty is braw:
There's beauty and fortune to get wi' Miss Morton,
But Armour's the jewel for me o' them a'.



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