I know thou hast a wanton turn,

Wi' passions stout as e'er were born:
Thou lik'st the Maid wi' hainches roun'
An' waist genteel,

Wi' een jet black, an' hair nut brown,
Thy heart she'll steal;

Wha walks so neat, throws out her toes, An' minches as she past thee goes:

By such thou'rt hooked by the nose
For a' thy skill;

Thou'lt ne'er me blame, I'm so abstruse,
Thou❜lt take thy will.

Thou tells thou ance was fear'd thysel: Nae wonder! for 'tis guilt maks hell: Thy conscience check'd, wi' such a knell, Did mak thee shake,

For naething mair than sugh o' quill

O' duck or drake.

Thou tells, by times I travel far,
An' that I'm neither blate nor scaur-
Mock not! let never guid frien's jar
Wi' ane anither,

Thou'rt my full mark, baith keel an' tar,
If not a brither.

Pray R-b, the rhymer, just nae mair,

An' o' your titles take a care;

Or else ye ken how ye shall fare,

For a' your cracks,

An' muckle-thought-o' rhyming ware,

An' catching snacks.

An' if your mocks I more shall hear, I, by my cavern deep, do swear, Upo' you vengeance I will rear;

Thou shalt lament

What thou hast publish'd, far an' near, Me to affront.

With irony thou speak'st wi' glee,
Which shows thy disrespect to me;
Bids me repent, an' then may-be
I'll hae a stake:

I thank thee for thy wae-like e'e,
For fashion's sake:

For o' my hopes I canna boast;
For sure an' certain I am lost :
The sure decree 'gainst me is past,
An canna alter!

May-be thou'lt ken't, unto thy cost,
If I thee halter.

Thy chance is little mair than mine; Thou mock'st at ev'ry thing divine : Thy rhetorick has made thee shine,

To please the wicked; But ere thou round the corner twine, I'll hae thee nicked.

GLOSSARY.

GLOSSARY.

THE ch and gh have always the guttural sound. The sound of the English diphthong oo, is commonly spelled ou. The French u, a sound which often occurs in the Scottish language, is marked oo, or ui. The a in genuine Scottish words, except when forming a diphthong, or followed by an e mute after a single consonant, sounds generally like the broad English a in wall. The Scottish diphthong ae, always, and ea, very often, sound like the French e masculine. The Scottish diphthong ey, sounds like the Latin ei.

A', all.

Aback, away, aloof.

Abeigh, at a shy distance.
Aboon, above, up.

Abread, abroad, in sight.
Abreed, in breadth.

Ae, one.

Anither, another.
Ase, ashes.

Asklent, asquint, aslant.
Asteer, abroad, stirring.
Athort, athwart.

Aught, possession; as, in a' my
aught, in all my possession.

Aff, off; Aff loof, unpremedi- Auld lang syne, older time, days

of other years.

Auld, old.

Auldfarran, or auld farrant, sa

gacious, cunning, prudent.

Agley, off the right line, wrong. Ava, at all.

tated.

Afore, before.

Aft, oft.

Aften, often.

Aiblins, perhaps.

Awa, away.

Aufu', awful.

Awn, the beard of barley, oats,

&c.

Awnie, bearded.

Ayont, beyond.

BA', ball.

Backets, ash boards.

Backlins, coming back, return

ing.

Bad, did bid.

Baide, endured, did stay.

Baggie, the belly.

Bainie, having large bones,

stout.

Bairn, a child.