A scrawny buttermilk-faced young besom, allus askin' questions an' pokin' tha' nose where it wasna, wanted. |
And whit dae ye th'ink I wad be buyin' them for if it wasna to keep me frae gantin' in the kirk when the sermon's dreich? |
Now wasna that a bonnie and fearful sight to see beneath the light of the Hallowmas moon? |
Ye see, I wasna that sharp-set the day, sae I had jist a mou'fu' o' breid and cheese. |
For what did oor faithers dee if it wasna for the Psalms o' Dauvit? |
If it wasna for him it wad hae been a rale nice, genteel mairrage. |