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Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns: Part XXXIV

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Burns, Robert

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Part XXXIV

The Five Carlins

An Election Ballad.

tune-"Chevy Chase."

There was five Carlins in the South, They fell upon a scheme, To send a lad to London town, To bring them tidings hame.

Nor only bring them tidings hame, But do their errands there, And aiblins gowd and honor baith Might be that laddie's share.

There was Maggy by the banks o' Nith, A dame wi' pride eneugh; And Marjory o' the mony Lochs, A Carlin auld and teugh.

And blinkin Bess of Annandale, That dwelt near Solway-side; And whisky Jean, that took her gill, In Galloway sae wide.

And auld black ...

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