DONALD CAIRD.
Donald Caird's come again;
Donald Caird's some again;
Tell the news in burgh and glen,
Donald Caird's come again.
Donald Caird can lilt and sing,
Blythely dance the Highland fling
Drink till the guidman be blind;
Fleece till the guidewife be kind;—
Hoop a liglin, cloot a pan,
Crack a pow wi' ony man:
Tell the news in burgh and glen,
Donald Caird's come again.
Donald Caird can wire a maukin,
Kens the wiles o' dun deer stawkin;
Leisters kipper; makes a shift
To shoot a moorfowl in the drift.
Water bailiffs, rangers, keepers,
He can waulk when you are sleepers:
Not for bountith or reward
Dare you mill, wi' Donald Caird.
Donald Caird can drink a gill
Fast as hostle wite can fill;
Ilka ane that sells good liquor
Kens how Donald bends a bicker.
When he's fou he's stout and saucy
Keeps the cantle o' the causey:
