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To mind baith saul an' body, Sit round the table, weel content, An' steer about the toddy. [stir] On this ane's dress, an' that ane's leuk, [look] They're makin observations; While some are cosy i' the neuk, [corner] An' formin' assignations To meet some day. But now the Lord's ain trumpet touts, [sounds] Till a' the hills are rairin', [roaring] An' echoes back return the shouts; Black Russel is na sparin'; His piercing words, like Highlan' swords, Divide the joints an' marrow; His talk o' Hell, where devils dwell, Our very 'sauls does harrow' Wi' fright that day! A vast, unbottom'd, boundless pit, Fill'd fou o' lowin' brunstane, [full, flaming brimstone] Whase ragin' flame, an' scorchin' heat, Wad melt the hardest whun-stane! The half-asleep start up wi' fear An' think they hear it roarin' When presently it does appear 'Twas but some neebor snorin' Asleep that day. 'Twad be owre lang a tale to tell How mony stories past, An' how they crowded to the yill, [ale] When they were a' dismist; How drink gaed round, in cogs an' caups, [wooden drinking vessels] Amang the furms and benches; An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, Was dealt about in lunches, [full portions] An' dawds that day. [lumps] In comes a gawsie, gash guidwife, [jolly, sensible] An' sits down by the fire, Syne draws her kebbuck an' her knife; [Then, cheese] The lasses they are shyer. The auld guidmen, about the grace, Frae side to side they bother, Till some are by his bonnet lays, An' gi'es them't like a tether, [rope] Fu' lang that day. Waesucks! for him that gets nae lass, [Alas!] Or lasses that hae naething! Sma' need has he to say a grace, Or melvie his braw claithing! [make dusty] O wives, be mindful, ance yoursel How bonnie lads ye wanted, An' dinna for
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