Election Ballad for Westerha’
THE LADDIES by the banks o’ NithWad trust his Grace 1 wi a’, Jamie;But he’ll sair them, as he sair’d the King—Turn tail and rin awa’, Jamie.
Chorus.—Up and waur them a’, Jamie,Up and waur them a’;The Johnstones hae the guidin o’t,Ye turncoat Whigs, awa’!
The day he stude his country’s friend,Or gied her faes a claw, Jamie,Or frae puir man a blessin wan,That day the Duke ne’er saw, Jamie.Up and waur them, &c.
But wha is he, his country’s boast?Like him there is na twa, Jamie;There’s no a callent tents the kye,But kens o’ Westerha’, Jamie.Up and waur them, &c.
To end the wark, here’s Whistlebirk,Lang may his whistle blaw, Jamie;And Maxwell true, o’ sterling blue;And we’ll be Johnstones a’, Jamie.Up and waur them, &c.
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