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Poem by James Hogg
Donald MacGillavry
Donald's gane up the hill hard and hungry Donald comes down the hill wild and angry Donald will clear the gouk's nest cleverly Here's tae the king and Donald Macgillavry Come like a weigh-bauk, Donald Macgillavry Come like a weigh-bauk, Donald Macgillavry Balance them fair, and balance them cleverly Off wi' the counterfeit, Donald Macgillavry Donald's run o'er the hill but his tether, man As he were wud, or stang'd wi' an ether, man When he comes back, there's some will look merrily Here's tae King James and Donald Macgillavry Come like a weaver, Donald Macgillavry Come like a weaver, Donald Macgillavry Pack on your back, an elwand sae cleverly Gie them full measure, my Donald Macgillavry Donald has foughten wi' reif and roguery Donald has dinner'd wi' banes and beggery Better it were for Whigs and Whiggery Meeting the devil than Donald Macgillavry Come like a tailor, Donald Macgillavry Come like a tailor, Donald Macgillavry Push about, in and out, thimble them cleverly Here's tae King James and Donald Macgillavry Donald's the callan that brooks nae tangleness Whigging, and prigging, and a' newfangleness They maun be gane; he winna be baukit, man He maun hae justice, or faith he'll tak it, man Come like a cobler, Donald Macgillavry Come like a cobler, Donald Macgillavry Beat them, and bore them, and lingel them cleverly Up wi' King James and Donald Macgillavry Donald was mumpit wi' mirds and mockery Donald was blindid wi' blads o' property Arles ran high, but makings war naething, man Lord, how Donald is flyting and fretting, man Come like the devil, Donald Macgillavry Come like the devil, Donald Macgillavry Skelp them an' scaud them that prov'd sae unbritherly Up wi' King James and Donald Macgillavry.
James Hogg
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