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VII. PATRIOTIC AND POLITICAL 255 |
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No. 273. Wha will buy my troggin?
(The Trogger.) Tune : Buy broom besoms Northumbrian Minstrelsy, p. 118. |
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Wha will buy my troggin, fine election ware, Broken trade o' Broughton, a' in high repair?
Chorus. Buy braw troggin frae the banks o' Dee; Wha wants troggin let him come to me.
There's a noble Earl's fame and high renown,
For an auld sang—it's thought the gudes were stown—
Here's the worth o' Broughton in a needle's e'e. Here's a reputation tint by Balmaghie.
Here's its stuff and lining, Cardoness's head— Fine for a soger, a' the wale o' lead.
Here's a little wadset,—Buittles scrap o' truth, Pawn'd in a gin-shop, quenching holy drouth.
Here's an honest conscience might a prince adorn, Frae the downs o' Tinwald - so was never worn 1
Here's armorial bearings frae the manse o' Urr: The crest, a sour crab-apple rotten at the core.
Here is Satan's picture, like a blizzard gled Pouncing poor Redcastle, sprawlin like a taed.
Here's the font where Douglas stane and mortar names, Lately used at Caily christening Murray's crimes.
Here's the worth and wisdom Collieston can boast; By a thievish midge they had been nearly lost.
Here is Murray's fragments o' the ten commands, Gifted by black Jock to get them aff his hands.
Saw ye e'er sic troggin ? if to buy ye're slack, Hornie 's turnin chapman—he'll buy a' the pack 1 |
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