Category: Poetry
_Some of these verses appeared originally in "The Scots Observer," "The National Observer," "Black and White," "The Outlook," "The Spectator," "Chambers' Journal," and other papers; and a number of them were published in volume form in 1900 by Messrs. D. Wyllie and Son, Aberde...
_Some of these verses appeared originally in "The Scots Observer," "The National Observer," "Black and White," "The Outlook," "The Spectator," "Chambers' Journal," and other pap...
2. Part 2The dother--he had only ane--gaed hine awa' to France To learn to sing an' thoom the harp, to parley-voo an' dance; It cost a protty penny but 'twas siller wisely wared For the...
3. Part 3At farmers' faugh lairds still may laugh, An' the tinker sing as he clouts the pan; But what will cheer my bairnie dear When he kens his father's a witless man?
4. Part 4So tho' my sangs be as you say Nae marrow for the blackbird's lay, They may hae cheered somebody's way Wha wanted better, An' sent him happier up the brae My welcome debtor.