No More Learning

VIII.

An' there will be stamp-office Johnnie,[124]
Tak' tent how ye purchase a dram;
An' there will be gay Cassencarrie,
An' there will be gleg Colonel Tam;
An' there will be trusty Kerroughtree,[125]
Whose honour was ever his law,
If the virtues were pack'd in a parcel,
His worth might be sample for a'.

IX.

An' can we forget the auld major,
Wha'll ne'er be forgot in the Greys,
Our flatt'ry we'll keep for some other,
Him only 'tis justice to praise.
An' there will be maiden Kilkerran,
And also Barskimming's gude knight,
An' there will be roarin' Birtwhistle,
Wha luckily roars in the right.

X.

An' there, frae the Niddisdale borders,
Will mingle the Maxwells in droves;
Teugh Johnnie, staunch Geordie, an' Walie,
That griens for the fishes an' loaves;
An' there will be Logan Mac Douall,[126]
Sculdudd'ry an' he will be there,
An' also the wild Scot of Galloway,
Sodgerin', gunpowder Blair.

XI.

Then hey the chaste interest o' Broughton,
An' hey for the blessings 'twill bring?
It may send Balmaghie to the Commons,
In Sodom 'twould make him a king;
An' hey for the sanctified M----y,
Our land who wi' chapels has stor'd;
He founder'd his horse among harlots,
But gied the auld naig to the Lord.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 112: Murray, of Broughton and Caillie. ]

[Footnote 113: Gordon of Balmaghie. ]

[Footnote 114: Bushby, of Tinwald-Downs. ]

[Footnote 115: Maxwell, of Cardoness. ]

[Footnote 116: The Douglasses, of Orchardtown and Castle-Douglas.
]

[Footnote 117: Gordon, afterwards Viscount Kenmore. ]

[Footnote 118: Laurie, of Redcastle. ]

[Footnote 119: Morehead, Minister of Urr. ]

[Footnote 120: The Minister of Buittle. ]

[Footnote 121: Earl of Selkirk's family. ]

[Footnote 122: Oswald, of Auchuncruive. ]

[Footnote 123: Copland, of Collieston and Blackwood. ]

[Footnote 124: John Syme, of the Stamp-office. ]

[Footnote 125: Heron, of Kerroughtree. ]

[Footnote 126: Colonel Macdouall, of Logan. ]

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CL.

THE HERON BALLADS.

[BALLAD THIRD. ]

[This third and last ballad was written on the contest between Heron
and Stewart, which followed close on that with Gordon. Heron carried
the election, but was unseated by the decision of a Committee of the
House of Commons: a decision which it is said he took so much to heart
that it affected his health, and shortened his life. ]


AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG.