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KIRKDAMDIE FAIR.
Quo' Rab, I had a day to spare,
And I went to Kirkdamdie Fair^
Like mony anither gouk to stare,
At a' that could be seen, man.
When climbing o'er the Hadyer Hill,
It wasna han'y wark, man
And when we cam' to auld Fenkill,
We stripped to the sark, man.
The tents, in a' three score and three,
Were planted up and down, man,
While pipes and fiddles thro' the fair,
Gaed bummin' roun' and roun', man.
Here Jamie Brown and Mary Bell,
Were seated on a plank man,
Wi' Robin Small and Kate Dalziel,
And heartily they drank, man.
And syne upon the board was set,
Gude haggis, though it was na het,
And braxy ham ;
the landlord cam',
Wi' rowth o' bread and cheese, man.
A country chap had got a drap,
And he guid thro' the fair, man
He swore to face wi' twa three chiels.
He wadna muckle care, man.
At length he lent a chiel a clout.
Till his companions turned out,
So on they fell, wi' sic pell-mell,
Till some lay on the ground, man.
Or ere the hurry it was o'er,
We scrambled up the brae, man,
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