Jacobite and other Poetry of the - Electric Scotland

I'M) TIIK llAIins OF r.(»X-A('('()IID. 11715-1780.
I saw the man in the moon,
Wha's fou, wha'sfou?
I saw the man in the moon,
Wha's fou, now, m}" jo?
I saw the man in the moon,
Driving tackets in his shoon
And we're a' blind drunk, boiisin' jolly fou, my jo.
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I saw a pyet haud the plench,
Wha's fou, wha s fou ?
I saw a l)yet haud the pleuch,
AVlia's fou, now, my jo?
I saw a pyet haud the pleuch,
And he whissel'd weel enouch,
And M'e're a', &c.
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1 saw a sheep shearin' corn,
Wha's fou, wha's fou?
I saw a sheep shearin' corn,
Wha's fou, now, my jo?
I saw a sheep shearin' corn,
Wi' the heuck about his horn;
And we'j'e a', &c.
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I saw an eel chase the deil,
Wha's fou, wha's fou?
I saw an eel chase the deil,
Whas fou, now, my jo?
I saw an eel chase the deil
Roun' about the sjnnnin' wheel,
And we're a', SiC.
Tlie "Ram o' Diram" is a song of which several versions
are localised in different parts of tlie country. What the common
origin is, it is impossible to say, but Charlie's version is a
good specimen of what w^ent for wit in rustic circles not so
very long ago :
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As I cam in by Diram,
Upon a sunshine day,
I there did meet a Eam, Sir.
He was baith gallant and gay.
He had four feet to stand upon,
As ye sail understand;
And ilka fit that the ram had.
Wad hae cover'd an acre o' land.
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