The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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Auld John Nicol.
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Auld John Nicol.
I'll sing of an auld forbear o' my ain,
Tweeddlum, twaddlum, twenty-one,
A man that for fun was never outdone,
And his name it was Auld John Nicol o' Whun.
Tweeddlum, twaddlum, twenty-one,
A man that for fun was never outdone,
And his name it was Auld John Nicol o' Whun.
Auld John Nicol he lo'ed his glass,
Tweeddlum, twaddlum, twenty-one,
An' weel he likit the toasts to pass,
An' it's hey for brave John Nicol o' Whun!
Tweeddlum, twaddlum, twenty-one,
An' weel he likit the toasts to pass,
An' it's hey for brave John Nicol o' Whun!
Auld John Nicol gaed out to fight, &c.
But a' gaed wrang that should hae gane right; &c.
Then auld John Nicol kneel'd down to pray,
But never a word John Nicol could say.
But a' gaed wrang that should hae gane right; &c.
Then auld John Nicol kneel'd down to pray,
But never a word John Nicol could say.
Auld John Nicol he lo'ed a lass,
But I darena tell you what came to pass;
For the beadle came up in an unco haste,
An' summon'd him down to speak wi' the priest.
But I darena tell you what came to pass;
For the beadle came up in an unco haste,
An' summon'd him down to speak wi' the priest.
Then auld John Nicol he changed his hue,
For his face it grew red, an' his face it grew blue;
John Nicol gaed out, John Nicol gaed in,
An' he wish'd he had been in the well to the chin.
For his face it grew red, an' his face it grew blue;
John Nicol gaed out, John Nicol gaed in,
An' he wish'd he had been in the well to the chin.
“Shame fa' it!” quo' John, “I often hae thought
Wha wins at woman will lose at nought;
But I hae heart to do ill to nane,
Sae I will e'en mak the lassie my ain.”
Wha wins at woman will lose at nought;
But I hae heart to do ill to nane,
Sae I will e'en mak the lassie my ain.”
Then auld John Nicol he got a wife,
And he never got siccan fun in his life;—
Now John Nicol he sings frae morn till e'en,
Tweeddlum, twaddlum, twenty-one,
The happiest man that ever was seen,
An' it's hey for brave John Nicol o' Whun!
And he never got siccan fun in his life;—
Now John Nicol he sings frae morn till e'en,
Tweeddlum, twaddlum, twenty-one,
The happiest man that ever was seen,
An' it's hey for brave John Nicol o' Whun!
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