Ballads on Mr. Herons Election, 1795
a justice ava.
and there will be kempleton's birkie,
a boy no sae bck at the bane;
but as to his fine nabob fortune,
we'll e'ehe subjee.
and there will be wigton's new sheriff;
dame justice fu' brawly has sped,
she's gotten the heart of a bushby,
but, lord! what's bee o' the head?
and there will be cardoness, esquire,
sae mighty in cardoness' eyes;
a wight that will weather damnation,
the devil the prey will despise.
and there will be dougsses doughty,
new christening towns far and near;
abjuring their de
Ballads on Mr. Herons Election, 1795(5/15)