Legal & Other Lyrics By George Outram: Containing a number of new pieces & fifteen illustrations by Edward J. Sullivan |
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THE SIGN O' THE CRAW
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THE SIGN O' THE CRAW
(SENTIMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO A WELL-KNOWN FREQUENTER OF THAT INSTITUTION)
Let others sing the graces an'roose the jolly faces
O' a' the bonnie lasses that ever were ava;
I'll rout wi'right gude will, about the joys I feel,
When sookin' at a gill at the Sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
O' a' the bonnie lasses that ever were ava;
I'll rout wi'right gude will, about the joys I feel,
When sookin' at a gill at the Sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
I like meat unco weel, for my wame it can fill,
An' wantin' it I feel I could ne'er fend ava:
But why I wish to fend some folk hae never ken'd—
'Tis my staps that I may bend to the Sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
An' wantin' it I feel I could ne'er fend ava:
But why I wish to fend some folk hae never ken'd—
'Tis my staps that I may bend to the Sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
I'll acknowledge my belief, that to hae a tidy wife
Is a comfort to my life that I couldna forega;
For if she's worth a louse, she may surely keep the house
When I've gane to take a bouse at the Sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
Is a comfort to my life that I couldna forega;
For if she's worth a louse, she may surely keep the house
When I've gane to take a bouse at the Sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
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Inever a' mydays liked to gang withouten claes,
An' a reason if you please I can readily shaw:
'Tis that when my siller's gane, my coat I then can pawn,
An' get anither can at the Sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
An' a reason if you please I can readily shaw:
'Tis that when my siller's gane, my coat I then can pawn,
An' get anither can at the Sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
The last time I was sober, ae morning in October,
I foregathered wi'a robber wha clinked my cash awa;
But not e'en the hornèd deil frae me can ever steal
What I've gien them for a gill at the sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
I foregathered wi'a robber wha clinked my cash awa;
But not e'en the hornèd deil frae me can ever steal
What I've gien them for a gill at the sign o' the Craw.
Lal de daudle, &c.
I wadna gie a sneeshin' to hear a blockhead screechin',
Himsel' an' ithers fashin', cause a lassie's ran awa';
Contented here I am, sae I'll e'en take aff my dram,
Till I fa' into a dwam at the Sign o' the Craw,
Lal de daudle, &c.
Himsel' an' ithers fashin', cause a lassie's ran awa';
Contented here I am, sae I'll e'en take aff my dram,
Till I fa' into a dwam at the Sign o' the Craw,
Lal de daudle, &c.
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