1. I got your
clever rhyming letter
And as a thing neer pleased me better
For it Ill lang remain your debtor
But as Ive time
Ill gie ye my views o the waiter
Like you in rhyme
2. Tae tell the truth I kent quite weel
The fault lay wi you Steward Chiel
And sae ye didna need to feel
A hair o shame
The fellows heids been in a creel
Sae him well blame
3. For Worshipfuls like you and me
Its whiles no easy just tae see
That a is done as it acht tae be
Among sae mony
Een I mysel can gang aglee
As weel as ony
4. I got
yer order for the chink
Tae pay for what we had to drink
But yet a wadna hae ye think
Ye were ma debtor
Id neer again een by a wink
Hae waisted the waiter
5. But when tae Dalkeith next were
startin
Ill mind tae bring Brother Barton
But you mauna oor auld friend dishearten
By ony plisky
Syne fillin him as fous a paukin
Wi Dalkeith whiskey
6. And noo ere I lay doon my pen
Id like ye, Brother Smith tae ken
That well sune hae a nicht again
Wi yin anither
And drink success tae Number ten
And you my brother |