Legal and other lyrics; with explantory notes and a glossary . fe has come ower to cure me, My wife has come ower to cure me; She cuist up her place where she gat meat an claes,An shes come ower the water to cure cheeks were sae red, my heart was sae glad,Bad symptoms they were to alarm me;Preternatural fat, an strength, an a that,But my wife has come ower—an shell cure me. My wife has come ower to cure me, To show the affection she bore me; I was deein o health, an ruined wi wealth, When my wife came ower to cure me. I rose wi the lark, an ate like a shark, A the joys o the angels came
Legal and other lyrics; with explantory notes and a glossary . fe has come ower to cure me, My wife has come ower to cure me; She cuist up her place where she gat meat an claes,An shes come ower the water to cure cheeks were sae red, my heart was sae glad,Bad symptoms they were to alarm me;Preternatural fat, an strength, an a that,But my wife has come ower—an shell cure me. My wife has come ower to cure me, To show the affection she bore me; I was deein o health, an ruined wi wealth, When my wife came ower to cure me. I rose wi the lark, an ate like a shark, A the joys o the angels came ower me; Outrageously right, stark mad wi delight; But my wife has come ower—an shell cure me. My wife has come ower to cure me— For no earthly cause but to cure me; I was horridly weel—my banes hard as steel; But my wife has come hame—an shell cure me. MY WIFE HAS COME OWER TO CURE ME. 137 Oh were she to die, what wad come o me ?What spirits an thrills wad devour me !Ilka pap wi the shool on the tap o the forbid her frae comin to cure 138 Drinlun Drams.(bacchanalian heroics.) Air— My Luvis in Germany. [Since Mr Outram wrote the following verses, the tem-perance cause has made great progress, and deservedly bo ;but it is just possible that it will be the temperance peoplerather than the topers who will laugh most at this ironicallyhumorous song.] He ance was holy, An melancholy, Till he found the folly 0 singin psalms;Hes now as reds a rose,An theres pimples on his nose,And in size it daily grows By drink in drams. DRINKIN DRAMS. 139 He ance was couldna «at a steakWithout gettin sick An takin qualms;Bui now he can eat0 ony kind o meat,For hes got an appeteet By drinkin drams. He ance was thin,Wi a nose like a haunds like a hen, An nae hams ;But now hes round an tight,An a deevU a wight,For hes got himsel put right By drinkin1 drams. I [e ance was saft a dirt,An as pale as ony shirt,An as ii ele < a carl Without tin trams;But now hed
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