And there will be Kenmure
sae gen’rous,
Whose honour is proof
to the storm,
To save them from stark
reprobation,
He lent them his name
in the Firm.
And there will be lads
o’ 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 Logan
M’Dowall,
Sculdudd’ry an’
he will be there,
And also the Wild Scot
o’ Galloway,
Sogering, gunpowder
Blair.
But we winna mention
Redcastle,
The body, e’en
let him escape!
He’d venture the
gallows for siller,
An ‘twere na the
cost o’ the rape.
But where is the Doggerbank
hero,
That made “Hogan
Mogan” to skulk?
Poor Keith’s gane
to hell to be fuel,
The auld rotten wreck
of a Hulk.
And where is our King’s
Lord Lieutenant,
Sae fam’d for
his gratefu’ return?
The birkie is gettin’
his Questions
To say in Saint Stephen’s
the morn.
But mark ye! there’s
trusty Kerroughtree,
Whose honor was ever
his law;
If the Virtues were
pack’d in a parcel,
His worth might be sample
for a’;
And strang an’
respectfu’s his backing,
The maist o’ the
lairds wi’ him stand;
Nae gipsy-like nominal
barons,
Wha’s property’s
paper—not land.
And there, frae the
Niddisdale borders,
The Maxwells will gather
in droves,
Teugh Jockie, staunch
Geordie, an’ Wellwood,
That griens for the
fishes and loaves;
And there will be Heron,
the Major,
Wha’ll ne’er
be forgot in the Greys;
Our flatt’ry we’ll
keep for some other,
Him, only it’s
justice to praise.
And there will be maiden
Kilkerran,
And also Barskimming’s
gude Knight,
And there will be roarin
Birtwhistle,
Yet luckily roars i’
the right.
And there’ll be
Stamp Office Johnie,
(Tak tent how ye purchase
a dram!)
And there will be gay
Cassencarry,
And there’ll be
gleg Colonel Tam.
And there’ll be
wealthy young Richard,
Dame Fortune should
hing by the neck,
For prodigal, thriftless
bestowing—
His merit had won him
respect.
And there will be rich
brother nabobs,
(Tho’ Nabobs,
yet men not the worst,)
And there will be Collieston’s
whiskers,
And Quintin—a
lad o’ the first.
Then hey! the chaste
Interest o’ Broughton
And hey! for the blessin’s
’twill bring;
It may send Balmaghie
to the Commons,
In Sodom ’twould
make him a king;
And hey! for the sanctified
Murray,
Our land wha wi’
chapels has stor’d;
He founder’d his
horse among harlots,
But gied the auld naig
to the Lord.
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