She's bough-hough'd, she's hein shinn'd, To balance fair in ilka quarter: Auld baudron by the ingle sits, And wi' her loof her face a-washin'; But Willie's wife is nae sae trig, She dights her grunzie wi' a hushion; Her walie nieves, like midden-creels, Her face wad fyle the Logan-water. Sic a wife, &c A PECK O' MAUT. O WILLIE brew'd a peck o' maut, CHORUS. We are na fou, we're na that fou, Here are we met, three merry boys, Three merry boys, I trow, are we; And monie a night we've merry been, We are, &c. It is the moon, I ken her horn, Wha first shall rise to gang awa, A cuckold, coward loun is he! We are, &c. THE LAWIN. GANE is the day and mirk's the night, CHORUS. Then, guidwife, count the lawin, the lawin, the lawin; Then, guidwife, count the lawin, and bring a coggie mair. There's wealth and ease for gentlemen, And semple folk maun fecht and fen’· But here we're a' in ae accord, For ilka man that's drunk's a lord. Then, guidwife, &c. My coggie is a haly pool, That heals the wounds o' care and dool And pleasure is a wanton trout, An' ye drink it a' ye'll find him out. Then, guidwife, &c. HONEST POVERTY. Is there for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that? Our toil's obscure, and a' that, What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show and a' that: The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: His ribbon, star, and a' that, A prince can mak a belted knight, For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities and a' that, The pith o' sense and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, For a' that, and a' that, Its coming yet, for a' that, That man to man, the warld o'er Shall brothers be for a' that. THE BATTLE OF SHERIFF-MUIR, BETWEEN THE DUKE OF ARGYLE AND THE EARL OF MAR. "O CAM ye here the fight to shun, Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three, man. The red-coat lads, wi' black cockades, The great Argyle led on his files, I wat they glanced twenty miles; They hack'd and hash'd, while broadswords clash' And thro' they dash'd, and hew'd and smash'd, Till fey men died awa, man. But had you seen the Phillibegs, When in the teeth they dar'd our whigs, And covenant true blues, man; In lines extended lang and large, |