Magy Dickson
1
Assist ye Creil wives ane & a'
of Musselbrugh & fisher Raw
in souching sang the sooth to shaw
of that slee wife
that after she was hangit staw
again to Life
2
O Maggy Mony a heart was wae
for thee upon that dreiry day!
and mony a ane for the[e] did pray
that Sindle wont
to mind themsells when thou right blae
the steps did mount
3
Young well-fard creature[s] aft ye[t] cryd
and mony a time their cheeks they dryd
when hangy round thy wyson tyed
the deidly cord
the stoutest wad have been sair fleyd
to be sae shor'd
4
But little cause hads thou to fear
where he that throw thy case coud steer
or thou wan to thy fiftenth year
by word & wryt
took care to gar deaths Stang appear
but a flae Byte
5
great casts of confort did he reich
while he aft takingly did teich
syne when they strave thy neck to streich
with pious knack
elegantly he pen'd a speich
that thou neer spak
6
But now thou canst be word of mouth
tell the Backslydings of thy youth
Shame a' the deils & say the truth
of what befell
when thou haff sleeping slak'd the drouth
of Willy Bell
7
Syne hou thou shook & grat for dool
to think hou like a Silly fool
in sacking Brat they wad thee Snool
when thou confest
Should Stand on the Black penance Stool
abone the rest
8
Since thou came out of deaths cauld grips
and fairer shines after Eclips
some threep when folk their siller slips
into thy purse
that in sic Temproulls runeth Snips
thy Sprituall Nurse
9
and what's the mater 'pose he do
for faith ther's mony a rary show
on which the currious cash bestow
that's of less worth
Then its to see & hear thee—O!
and him hald forth
