[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

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THE LAIRD CHANGUE.
The wee, wee fishes sparkling shine,
And skim the fountain free—
I eclio the undying theme.
Hurra for hberty
Hugh Craig, merchant, Kilmarnock, is the author of " Rural Liberty."
He has written several clever things for the local prints, and at one
time made a considerable figure as a political speaker—ranking on the
liberal or rather radical side.
"S^be HatrU o'
©^angue.
There is a preacher in our chapell,
And a' the live lang day teaches he :
When the day is gane, and the night is come,
There's ne'er ae word I mark but three
The first and second is—Faith and Conscience,
The third—ne'er let a Traitour free
But, Johnnie—what faith and conscience was thine,
When thou took awa my three kye frae me
Border Minstrelsy.
In Changue ance dwalt a worthy man,
And a buirdly carl was he ;
At kirk or market, far nor near.
His like ye might not see.
And Changue he was a right rich man.
His flocks spread far and wide,
For they cover't a' the hills o' Barr,
And down by the Stinchar side.
Yet free was his honest heart o' pride,
And kindly to a' the poor.
And mony a bennison blest his head
As alms were gien at his door.
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