Wha still hae been a feckless brood Wi' drinking wine. 18 The fuddlin' Bardies now-a-days While each his sea of wine displays My muse will no gang far frae hame, Whan eithly 15 she can find the theme This is the name that doctors use In kittle 16 words to gar 17 you roose Their want o' skill. 24 330 18 36 11 lease 12 mad as a hare 13 regions 14 huzzy 15 easily 16 ticklish 17 make 18 praise 19 such 20 which My father couldna work, and my mother couldna spin; I toil'd day and night, but their bread I couldna win; Auld Rob maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in his e'e Said, "Jennie, for their sakes, O, marry me!" My heart it said nay; I look'd for Jamie back; But the wind it blew high, and the ship it was a wrack; His ship it was a wrack - Why didna Jamie dee? Or why do I live to cry, Wae's me! 20 My father urged me sair: my mother didna speak; But she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break: They gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea; Sae auld Robin' Gray he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, Till he said, "I'm come hame to marry thee." O sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say; We took but ae kiss, and we tore ourselves away: I wish that I were dead, but I'm no like to dee; And why was I born to say, Wae's me! 1 husband THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE, 32 He saw her days were near-hand ended, "O thou, whase lamentable face "Tell him, if e'er again he keep "But ca' them out to park or hill, "Tell him, he was a Master kin',^ An' aye was guid to me an' mine; SONG, - MY NANIE, O Behind yon hills where Lugar flows, 'Mang moors an' mosses many, O, The wintry sun the day has clos'd, An' I'll awa to Nanie, O. ΙΟ The war'ly race may riches chase, But gie me a cannie3 hour at e'en, Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears ADDRESS TO THE DEIL 15 20 5 ΙΟ 1 known shy 1 not for that solemn 2 worldly 3 quiet splashes 7 brimstone tub • topsy-turvy 8 scald 9 slap 10 lonely 15 one 20 fist up unearthly grave 13 often beyond 14 elders 16 slanting 21 harsh 25 churn 17 beyond 18 lake 22 wizards 19 rush-bush 23 church-yards 24 dug |