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JAMIE.Wheest, Johnny! gudesake! dinna swear,Or troth. I'm sure, you will me fear!Gie me your news, baith straught an' plain,An! I will hear them to Amen,
JOHNNIE.Weel, Jamie, hear—As far's I ken,I'll tell you a', frae en' to en';But gie's a snuff, to cheer my brain:Better sma' comfort is, than nane.
JAMIE.There, Johnnie—tak' a pinch, my man;An' lug them out as quick's you can.
JOHNNIE.Weel, I'se begin an' spin-them out,As fast's I can, without a doubt.———'Twas yesterday, mid-afternoon,Twa honest men cam' frae the Town,For three gude Stocks in Gilston midden,Whilk B———Y there had safely hidden;An' twa'r-three mae, I think ye'll ken,That's a' right gud'ly Gentlemen;But at the harrows, a curs'd chiel',I wish he had been at the de'il,—Did see them tak' ane by the leg,An' whup it safe into their Gig;Syne after it they took anither,Till faith they had them a' thegither;Then aff for Embro' they did ride,As if Auld Nick had been their guide;Then the curs'd laddie ran to S———tt,An' tauld him a'about the plot;
