My kimmer and I lay down to sleep, And ay when we waken'd, we drank them dry: Todlen but, and todlen ben,* Sae round as my loove comes todlen hame. Leez me on liquor, my todlen dow, Ye're ay sae good humour'd when weeting your mou; When sober sae sour, ye'll fight wi' a flee, That 'tis a blyth sight to the bairns and me, When round as a neep ye come todlen hame. CAULD KAIL IN ABERDEEN. THIS song is by the Duke of Gordon.-The old verses are, There's cauld kail in Aberdeen, And castocks in Strabogie; * But and ben, is the outer and inner room. In low farm houses of two rooms, the outer room is called the but, and the inner one the ben. My cogie, Sirs, my cogie, Sirs, There's Johnie Smith has got a wife There's cauld kail in Aberdeen, In foursome reels the Scotch delight, Danc'd to the Reel of Bogie, Come, lads, and view your partners well, Wale each a blythsome rogie; Now ilka lad has got a lass, Now a' the lads hae done their best, Like true men of Stra'bogie; We'll stop awhile and tak a rest, And tipple out a cogie: Come now, my lads, and tak your glass, In wishing health to every lass which I take to be the original reading. These words were composed by the late Dr. Austin, physician at Edinburgh. He had courted a lady,* to whom he was shortly to have been married: but the Duke of Athole having seen her, became so much in love with her, that he made proposals of marriage, which were accepted of, and she jilted the Doctor. * Jean, daughter of John Drummond, of Megginch, Esq. WE RAN AND THEY RAN.* THE author of We ran and they ran, and they ran and we ran, &c. was the late Rev. Murdoch M'Lennan, minister at Crathie, Dee-side. There's some say that we wan, Some say that nane wan at a' man; But one thing I'm sure, That at Sheriff Muirt A battle there was, which I saw man: And we ran and they ran, and they ran, and we ran, and we ran, and they ran, awa', man. *This copy is given from Ritson's Coll. with his Historical Notices.-Ed. + The battle of Dumblain or Sheriff-muir was fought the 13th of November 1715, between the earl of Mar, for the Chevalier, and the duke of Argyle for the government. Both sides claimed the victory, the left wing of either army being routed. The capture of Preston, it is very remarkable, happened on the same day. |