Ye're like to the timmer o' yon rotten wood,
Ye're like to the bark o' yon rotten tree,
Ye'll slip frae me like a knotless thread,
And ye'll crack your credit wi' mae nor me.

THEN

GANE is the day and mirk's the night,
But we'll ne'er stray for faute o' light,
For ale and brandy's stars and moon,
And bluid red wine's the rysin sun.

Then guidwife count the lawin, the lawin, the lawin,

Then guidwife count the lawin, and bring a coggie

mair.

There's wealth and ease for gentlemen,
And semple-folk maun fecht and fen';
But here we're a' in ae accord,

For ilka man that's drunk's a lord.
Then guidwife count, &c.

My coggie is a haly pool,

That heals the wounds o' care and dool;

And pleasure is a wanton trout,

An'

ye drink it a' ye'll find him out.
Then guidwife count, &c.

What

What can a young Lassie do wi' an auld Man?

WHAT

HAT can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie,

What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man? Bad luck on the pennie that tempted my minnie To sell her poor Jenny for siller an' lan'! Bad luck on the pennie, &c.

He's always compleenin frae mornin to e'enin, He hosts and he hirples the weary day lang; He's doy'lt and he's dozin, his bluid it is frozen, O, dreary's the night wi' a crazy auld man!

He hums and he hankers; he frets and he cankers,
I never can please him, do a' that I can;
He's peevish and jealous of a' the young fellows,
O, dool on the day I met wi' an auld man!

My

I'll do

My auld auntie Katie upon me takes pity, my endeavour to follow her plan: I'll cross him, and wrack him, until I heart-break

him,

And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan.

THE

THE BONNIE WEE THING.

BONNIE Wee thing, cannie wee thing,
Lovely wee thing, was thou mine,

I wad wear thee in my bosom,
Lest my jewel I should tine.

Wishfully I look and languish
In that bonnie face o' thine;

And my

heart it stounds wi' anguish, Lest my wee thing be na mine.

Wit, and grace, and love, and beauty,

In ae constellation shine;

To adore thee is my duty,

Goddess o' this soul o' mine!

Bonnie wee, &c.

O, FOR