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THE FALL OF JOCK GILLESPIE
"This nicht ye stopped a story braid,
"An' stopped it wi' a curse—
"Last nicht ye told that tale yoursel,
"An' capped it wi' a worse!
"Oh! we're no fou! Oh! we're no fou!
"But plainly we can ken
"Ye're fallin', fallin', fra' the band
"O' cantie single men!"
An' it fell when sirris-shaws were sere,
An' the nichts were lang and mirk,
In braw new breeks, wi' a gowden ring,
Oor Jockie gaed to the Kirk.
