Ballads on Mr. Herons Election, 1795

l be buittle's 'tle,

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,

s, gunpowder blair.

but we winion redcastle,

the body, e'e him escape!

he'd vehe 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 gao 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'

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