The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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But we wlnna raention Retlcastle
The body, e'en let Iiim escape :
He'd venture the gallows for siller,
An 'twerena the cost o' the rape.
And there is onr King's Lord Lieutenant,
Sae famed for his grateful return ?
The billie is getting his questions,
To say in St Stephen's the morn.
And there will be lads of the gospel,
Muirhead, wha's as gude as he's true ;
And there will be Buittle's apostle,
Wha's mair o' the black than the blue.
And there will be folk frae St Mary's,*
A house o' great merit and note :
The deil ane but honours them highly
The deil ane will gie them his vote.
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And there will be wealthy young Richard :
Dame Fortune should hing by the neck :
But for prodigal thriftless bestowing,
Llis merit had won him respect.
And there will be rich brither Nabobs ;
Though Nabobs, yet men o' the first.
And there will be Colliston's whiskers,
And Quintin, o' lads not the warst.
And there will be Stamp-office Johnnie
Tak tent how you purchase a dram ;
And there will be gay Cassencarry
And there will be gleg Colonel Tam.
* Meaning the family of the Earl of Selkirk, resident at St Mary's Isle,
near Kirkcudbright.
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