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THE GLASGW PACKMAN:
James Ker, that was a packman bold,
thro all the country known,
Stands in a shop in Glasgow town,
James Ker doth call his own:
When he had kept this goodly shop
a twelvemonth and a day,
He seiz'd the ellwand valiantly,
and to himself did say:
thro all the country known,
Stands in a shop in Glasgow town,
James Ker doth call his own:
When he had kept this goodly shop
a twelvemonth and a day,
He seiz'd the ellwand valiantly,
and to himself did say:
What boots it, man! to top and thrive,
all in a shop forlorn?
I'll hire a horse, I'll spend a pound,
as sure as I am born!
What time the preachings, like a plague,
disperse the Glasgow beaux,
And flocks of gospel-ministers
come cawing in like crows:
all in a shop forlorn?
I'll hire a horse, I'll spend a pound,
as sure as I am born!
What time the preachings, like a plague,
disperse the Glasgow beaux,
And flocks of gospel-ministers
come cawing in like crows:
A gay gelding James Ker has hir'd,
for which he pays a crown;
And he that never rode before,
ariding now is gone.
When o'er the bridge, and forth the town,
and past the toll, I wot,
James wav'd his whip aloft in air,
the horse began to trot.
for which he pays a crown;
And he that never rode before,
ariding now is gone.
When o'er the bridge, and forth the town,
and past the toll, I wot,
James wav'd his whip aloft in air,
the horse began to trot.
