Syne draws her kebbucks an' her knife Waesucksh for him that gets nae lass, On sic a day! Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlin' tow,m At slaps the billies halt a blink," Wi' faith and hope, an' love an' drink, For cracks that day. How monie hearts this day converts O' sinners and o' lasses! Their hearts o' stane, gin night, are gane There's some are fout o' love divine; Then. g Cheese. m Rope. h Alas! i To soil with meal May end in houghmagandie" THE ORDINATION. For sense they little owe to frugal Heav'n- Swith to the Laigh Kirk, ane an' a', For joy this day. Curst Common Sense, that imp o' hell, Mak haste an' turn king David owre, O' double verse come gie us four, An' skirls up the Bangor : This day the Kirk kicks up a stour,h Nae mair the knaves shall wrang her; For Heresy is in her pow'r, u Fornication. w Weavers. * Scratch. y Greasy. z Stretch.-An allusion to shoemakers. a Row. b Alluding to a scoffing ballad which was made on the admis sion of the late reverend and worthy Mr. L. to the Laigh Kirk. c To slap, or strike. d A cleft stick, sometimes mischievously fastened to the tail of a dog. Children. To shriek, or cry aloud. fTo sing h Dust. And gloriously she'll whangi her Come, let a proper text be read, Or Zipporah, the scauldin'P jade, I' th' inn that day. There, try his metal on the creed, He taks but for the fashion; Spare them nae day. Now auld Kilmarnock cock thy tail, And toss thy horns fu' canty;" Nae mair thou 'lt rowtes out-owre the dale, Because thy pasture's scanty; For lapfu's large o' gospel kailt Shall fill thy crib in plenty, And runts" o' grace the pick and wale," No gien by way o' dainty, But ilka day. Nae mair by Babel's streams we'll weep, To think upon our Zion; And hing our fiddles up to sleep, Like baby-clouts a-dryin': Come, screw the pegs wi' tunefu' cheep, Fu' fast this day! Lang Patronage, wi' rod o' airn,d Our Patron, honest man! Glencairn, And, like a godly elect bairn, He's wal'ds us out a true ane, Now R******* harangue nae mair, Or, nae reflection on your lear,1 Aff-hand this day. M***** and you were just a match, : Chirp. d Iron. Picked. a Fiddle-strings. & Elbows. c Move nimbly. e Offered, or attempted. f Distressed. h Shut your mouth. i Learning. & A cat. See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes There, Learning, wi' his Greekish face, An' Common Sense is gaun, she says, To mak to Jamie Beattie" Her plaint this day. But there's Morality himsel, Henceforth this day. O happy day! rejoice, rejoice! Sha. here nae mair find quarter: They'll gie her on a rape1 a hoyse," Come, bring the tither mutchkint in; If mair they deave us wi' their din, I Foes. m Whipping. o James Beattie, LL. D., author of The Minstrel,' Evidences of the Christian Religion,' &c. r Hoist. p The flesh immediately under the * Very. skin. 9 Rope. t An English pint. w To deafen. |