9;m gaun to maue holy fair,
to spend an hour in daffin:
gin ye'll go there, yon runkl'd pair,
we will get famous ughin
at them this day.”
"h i, “wi' a' my heart, i'll do't;
i'll get my sunday's sark on,
an' meet you on the holy spot;
faith, we'se hae fine remarkin!”
then i gaed hame at crowdie-time,
an' soon i made me ready;
for roads were cd, frae side to side,
wi' mony a weary body
in droves that day.
here farmers gash, in ridin graith,
gaed hoddin by their cotters;
there swan
The Holy Fair(4/16)