. Poems and songs . celebrate a visit which the Poet andAllan Masterton made to William Nichol, of the High-school, Edin-burgh, who happened to be at Moffat during the autumn vacation.—The air is by Masterton. O, Willie brewd a peck o maut,And Rob and Allan came to see ; Three blither hearts, that lee-lang night,Ye wad na find in Christendie. We are nd foil, we re nae that foil,But fust a drappie in our ee; The cock may craw, the day may daw\But aye well taste the barley-bree. Here are we met, three merry boys,Three merry boys, I trow, are we ; And mony a night weve merry been,And mony mae we
. Poems and songs . celebrate a visit which the Poet andAllan Masterton made to William Nichol, of the High-school, Edin-burgh, who happened to be at Moffat during the autumn vacation.—The air is by Masterton. O, Willie brewd a peck o maut,And Rob and Allan came to see ; Three blither hearts, that lee-lang night,Ye wad na find in Christendie. We are nd foil, we re nae that foil,But fust a drappie in our ee; The cock may craw, the day may daw\But aye well taste the barley-bree. Here are we met, three merry boys,Three merry boys, I trow, are we ; And mony a night weve merry been,And mony mae we hope to be ! It is the moon, I ken her horn,Thats blinkin in the lift sae hie; She shines sae bright to wyle us hame,But, by my sooth, shell wait a wee ! Wha first shall rise to gang awa,A cuckold, coward loon is he ! Wha last beside his chair shall fa,He is the king amang us three ! We are nd fou, were nae thatfou,But fust a drappie in our ie; The cock max craw, the day may daw\But ay well taste the CASSILLIS BANKS. New bank an brae are claithd in green,An scatterd cowslips sweetly spring; ( VSSILLIS BANKS. I. By Girvans fairy-haunted stream The birdies flit on wanton Cassillis banks when eening fas, There wi my Mary let me flee,There catch her ilka glance of love, The bonnie blink o Marys ee ! The chield wha boasts o warlds wealth Is aften laird o meikle care ;But Mary she is a my ain— Ah ! fortune canna gie me let me range by Cassillis banks, Wi her, the lassie dear to me,And catch her ilka glance o love, The bonnie blink of Marys ee!
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