Scotland/Scots > Scots piper's queries, or, John Falkirk's carriches

he was falling afleep, ftie draws up her
fmoke and lets fly in the goodman's
fliirt tail, which awakened him in as
great fright as he had been fliot; ay,
ay, woman, what are ye about ? what
am I about faid flie: dear woman you
are filling the bed Not I goodman, for
when my arfe was my own I took care
of it, and take ye care of it now, it is
yours. O rife woman and clean the
bed, and keep your arfe and a* the li-
berty ye had before, and more, if ye
want it; feigh, what’s this, I’m a’ dirt.
A fhips crew being one time in great
diflrefs at fea, by reafon of a violent
florm and being all fallen down to pr -
yer, expe&ing every moment to go to
the bottom : there happened to be an
old gentleman, a paflenger on board
with them, who had a great big red
nofe, with drinking ale and whifky ;
and being all at their lafl prayers as
they thought, a little boy burfl: out in¬
to a loud laughter; O thou thought-
lefs rogue,faid the captain, what makes
the laugh, feeing us all on the point of
perifhing ? Why faid the boy, I can¬
not but laugh for to think what fine