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Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...And ne''er would a cantie auld frien'' Lament owre no getting his toothfu''. Snell winter might come wi'' a birr, On his whirlwin'' chariot careerin'', And dreesome our auld lum might whirr, The ghaists and the rattans a'' fearin''. The hailstanes the windows might smash--Sae lang''s we had shutters within I''d carena, they''re auld rotten trash, And the laird be''t to put new anes in. The lum tap might flee owre the street, And daud up the whisky shop door--I''d laugh till the tears wet my cheek, At the win'' breedin'' sicna splore. The sheugh at the stairfoot might moan, Like a man wi'' the nightmare oppress''t--I''d trouss out ilk bannock and scone, And a greybeard o'' Cambus the best. I''d stan'' at the head o'' the stair Wi'' a tankard o'' guid reekin'' toddy, Should there come up a dozen or mair, I''d welcome ilk puir drooket body. I''d stir the fire up till it bleezed, And tak a bit whifiP and a drappie; I''d spier how my balsam had pleased, Till ilk ane lay cozie and happy. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A BESOM CADGER AND A FISHWOMAN. Scene--The Auld Brig, Alloa. CADGER. Lassie wi'' the creel, Can ye lo''e a cadger, Licht o'' heart an'' heel, Fain to be your lodger? Wooers like yoursel'' Ye may hae in dizens, Nane my wealth may tell--Wh-a-''ll buy besoms? H FISHWOMAN. Gruesome, auld an'' lame, Dinna fleitch an'' flatter, Siller I hae nane In your gaet to scatter. Up an'' doun I gang ''Mong the gentle bodies, Roarin'' loud an'' lang--Wh-a-''ll buy haddies? CADGEE. Let me pree your mou''; Dinna fidge an'' swither, Time enough to rue When we gang thegither; Come, ye dorty thing, Let us weet our wizens, Owre our drappie sing--Wh-a-''ll buy besoms? SHOWING THE POTENT EFFECTS OF CA.MBUS WHISKY. Scene--Arm Brae. Time--Midnight. Confound that Cambus whisky, I canna move a fit; My knees they knoit t...
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