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Ballads on Mr. Herons Election, 1795 (第3/5页)
, muirhead wha's as gude as he's true; and there will be buittle's 'tle, wha's mair o' the black than the blue. and there will be logan m'dowall, sculdudd'ry an' he will be there, and also the wild scot o' galloway, s, gunpowder blair. but we winion redcastle, the body, e'e him escape! he'd vehe gallows for siller, an 'twere na the cost o' the rape. but where is the doggerbank hero, that made “hogan mogan” to skulk? poor keith's gao hell to be fuel, the auld rotten wreck of a hulk. and where is our king's lord lieutenant, sae fam'd for his gratefu' return? the birkie is gettin' his questions to say in saint stephen's the morn. but mark ye! there's trusty kerroughtree, whose honor was ever his law; if the virtues were pack'd in a parcel, his worth might be sample for a'; and strang an' respectfu's his bag, the maist o' the lairds wi' him stand; nae gipsy-like nominal barons, roperty's paper—not land. and there, frae the niddisdale borders, the maxwells will gather in droves, teugh jockie, staunch geordie, an' wellwood, that griens for the fishes and loaves; and there will be heron, the major, wha'll ne'er be fot in the greys; our flatt'ry we'll keep for some other, him, only it's justice to praise. and there will be maiden kilkerran, and also barskimming's gude knight, and there will be roarin birtwhistle, yet luckily roars i' the right. and there'll be stamp office johnie, (tak ten
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