The Merry Muses of Caledonia/As I Looked o'er yon Castle Wa'
AS I LOOKED O'ER YON CASTLE WA'.
Tune—"Cumnock Psalms."
"Cumnock Psalms.
"'As I looked o'er yon castle wa',
I spied a grey goose and a gled,' &c.
As I looked o'er yon castle wa',
I spied a grey goose and a gled;
They had a feight between them twa,
An' O, as their twa hurdies gaed.
Wi' a hey ding it in, an' a how ding it in,
An' a hey ding it in, it's lang to-day.
Fal lary tele, tale, lary tale,
Fal lary tal, lal, lary tay.
She heav'd up and he strack down,
Between them twa they made a m—w;
And ilka fart that the carlin gae.
It's four o' them wad filled a bowe.
With a hey, &c.
Temper your tail the carle cried,
Temper your tale by Venus' law;
Gird hame your gear, gudeman, she cried,
Wha the deil can hinder the wind tae blaw.
With a hey, &c.
For were ye on my saddle set,
An' were ye weel girt in my gear,
Gin the wind o' my a—e blaw ye out o' my c—t,
Ye'll never be reckoned a man o' weir.
With a hey, &c.
He placed his Jacob whare she did piss,
An' his b—ks whare the wind did blaw.
And he grippet her fast by the gushet o' her a—e,
An' he gae her c—t the common law.
With a hey, &c.