II. Curst Common-sense, that imp o' h-II, This day M******** takes the flail, Wi' dirt this day. III. Mak haste an' turn king David owre, An' lilt wi' holy clangor ; O' double verse come gie us four, This day the Kirk kicks up a stoure, Nae mair the knaves she'll wrang her, For heresy is in her pow'r, And gloriously shall whang her Wi' pith this day. IV. Come * Alluding to a scoffing ballad which was made on the admission of the late Reverend and worthy Mr. L. to the Laigh Kirk. IV. Come, let a proper text be read, Or Phineas+ drove the murdering blade, Was like a bluidy tiger I' th' inn that day. V. There, try his mettle on the creed, Spare them nae day. Genesis, ch. ix. ver. 22. Exodus. ch. iv. ver. 25. VI. Now VI. Now auld Kilmarnock cock thy tail, Nae mair thou'lt rowte out-owre the dale, Because thy pasture's scanty; For lapfu's large o' gospel kail An' runts o' grace the pick and wale, No gi'en by way o' dainty, But ilka day. VII. Nae mair by Babel's streams we'll weep, To think upon our Zion; And hing our fiddles up to sleep, Like baby-clouts a-dryin: Come, screw the pegs wi' tunefu' cheep, And o'er the thairms be tryin; Oh, rare! to see our elbucks wheep, An' a' like lamb-tails flyin Fu' fast this day! VIII. Lang Patronage, wi' rod o' airn, Our Our Patron, honest man! Glencairn, And like a godly elect bairn, And sound this day. IX. Now R******* harangue nae mair, Or try the wicked town of A* ** For there they'll think you clever; Or, nae reflection on your lear, Ye may commence a shaver; Or to the N-th-rt-n repair, Aff-hand this day. X. M***** and you were just a match, And ay' he catch'd the tither wretch, But now his honour maun detach, VOL. III. Fast, fast this day. F XI. XI. See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes She's swingein thro' the city; There, Learning, with his Greekish face, And Common Sense is gaun, she says, To mak to Jamie Beattie Her plaint this day. XII. But there's Morality himsel, Embracing all opinions; Between his twa companions; Now there they're packed aff to hell, And banish'd our dominions, Henceforth this day. XIII. O happy day! rejoice, rejoice! Shall here nae mair find quarter: M******** |