[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...
[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...
[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...
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" SCOFFING BALLAD."<br />
I ha'e teil'd you some facts about Daniel Barr,<br />
Yet I have nae said half about Daniel Barr ;<br />
But minstrels will rise up in ages afar,<br />
And sing <strong>and</strong> tell tales about Daniel Barr.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se verses are by Mr Andrew Aiken, author <strong>of</strong> " <strong>The</strong> Auld Fleckit<br />
Cow," in the First Series.<br />
" Daniel Barr," the subject <strong>of</strong> the song, is<br />
s<br />
well known in the parish <strong>of</strong> Beith, <strong>and</strong> so fully described by the poet,<br />
as to obviate the necessity <strong>of</strong> any remarks on our part.<br />
INDUCTION OF THE REV. MR. LINDSAY TO THE COLLEGIATE<br />
CHURCH OF KILMARNOCK IN 1764.<br />
} [<strong>The</strong> following burlesque verses, taken down from the recollection <strong>of</strong><br />
an eyewitness now living (1842), were written in 1764, on the occasion<br />
<strong>of</strong> the violent induction <strong>of</strong> the Rev. Mr Lindsay to the parish<br />
\<br />
church, Kilmarnock.]<br />
Poor John M' Crone* had ta'en the road.<br />
And sair he did his auld beast goad.<br />
To fetch in time his noble load.<br />
Good people, hear my ditty.<br />
And Orangefield, Dalrymple call'd<br />
Prae Finlayson, or some sic fauld.<br />
To quell the mob, now grown sae bauld,<br />
Good people, hear my ditty.<br />
But some folk had it in their head<br />
His Lordship wad mak' nae sic speed<br />
If Maggy Laudert had been dead,<br />
Good people, hear my ditty.<br />
* Valet to the Earl <strong>of</strong> Glencairn.<br />
t Mrs Lindsay, previoiisly housekeeper to the Earl <strong>of</strong> Glencairn<br />
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