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THE UNCO CHANGE, BY JOHN BARR GLASGOW. See yon braw bit laddie comin' rinnin' down the street, an' neat: Weel happit frae the caul' blast, an' a' sae clean His bonnet cocket on his head, his shoon sae tight an' clean? There's an unco change com' o'er him now?the drunkard's raggit wean. His face was aye sae pale, an' his heart was aye sae fu', the due: But noo his cheeks like roses that's been dooket wi' Wi' a heart as light's a feather, an' he fears nae win' nor rain, kard's wean How blyth the laddie looks noo-----he's no a drun- His faither sittin' by the fire, porin' o'er his book, The mither's workin' thro' the house wi' heaven in her look, tae her e'en An' as she kames their yellow hair tears o' joy come Tae think that nane can ca' them noo a drunkard's raggit wean. The faither looks a happy man, tho' care sits on his brow, gane thro' He scarce can keep frae thinkin' on the siller he's The loss o' wark the loss o' health, an' a' the ill ane learns, bairns, But oh? the though is unco sair?neglectin' o' his What joy it is to see the bairns look a sae blythe an' glad, were sad That look it ance sae unco wae, wi' hearts that aye They're proud tae see their faither noo, an' the sil- ler that he earns, Gangs a tae feed an' deed them noo, an schule his bonny bairns. What drunkard wadna join a cause that brings sae mony joys, honest boys An' see his naked, half-starved things turn clever An' free them from a nation's curse, their helpin' han' to len', her men Tae make the world better far when they're a' so-
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Probable period of publication:
1841-1866 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.178.A.2(115)
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