Barr Steenie! Barr Steenie, what mean ye, what mean ye? If ye meddle nae mair wi' the matter, Ye may hae some pretence to havins and sense, Wi' people that ken ye nae better, Barr Steenie!^10 Wi'people that ken ye nae better.
Jamie Goose! Jamie Goose, ye made but toom roose, In hunting the wicked Lieutenant; But the Doctor's your mark, for the Lord's holy ark, He has cooper'd an' ca'd a wrang pin in't, Jamie Goose!^11 He has cooper'd an' ca'd a wrang pin in't.
Davie Bluster! Davie Bluster, for a saint ye do muster, The corps is no nice o' recruits;
[Footnote 7: James Mackinlay, Kilmarnock.--R.B.]
[Footnote 8: Alexander Moodie of Riccarton.--R.B.]
[Footnote 9: William Peebles, in Newton-upon-Ayr, a poetaster, who, among many other things, published an ode on the “Centenary of the Revolution,” in which was the line: “And bound in Liberty's endering chain.”--R.B.]
[Footnote 10: Stephen Young of Barr.--R.B.]
[Footnote 11: James Young, in New Cumnock, who had lately been foiled in an ecclesiastical prosecution against a Lieutenant Mitchel--R.B.]
Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast, If the Ass were the king o' the brutes, Davie Bluster!^12 If the Ass were the king o' the brutes.
Irvine Side! Irvine Side, wi' your turkey-cock pride Of manhood but sma' is your share: Ye've the figure, 'tis true, ev'n your foes will allow, And your friends they dare grant you nae mair, Irvine Side!^13 And your friends they dare grant you nae mair.
Muirland Jock! muirland Jock, when the Lord makes a rock, To crush common-sense for her sins; If ill-manners were wit, there's no mortal so fit To confound the poor Doctor at ance, Muirland Jock!^14 To confound the poor Doctor at ance.
Andro Gowk! Andro Gowk, ye may slander the Book, An' the Book nought the waur, let me tell ye; Tho' ye're rich, an' look big, yet, lay by hat an' wig, An' ye'll hae a calf's--had o' sma' value, Andro Gowk!^15 Ye'll hae a calf's head o' sma value.
Daddy Auld! daddy Auld, there'a a tod in the fauld, A tod meikle waur than the clerk; Tho' ye do little skaith, ye'll be in at the death, For gif ye canna bite, ye may bark, Daddy Auld!^16 Gif ye canna bite, ye may bark.
Holy Will! holy Will, there was wit in your skull, When ye pilfer'd the alms o' the poor; The timmer is scant when ye're taen for a saunt, Wha should swing in a rape for an hour, Holy Will!^17 Ye should swing in a rape for an hour.