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To "the board of Glenriddel our heroes repair.
So noted for drowning- of forrow and care;
But for wine and for welcome not more known to fame.
Than the fenle,wit and tafte of a fweet lovely Dame. Fal de dal Ac
A Bard was felected towitnefsthe fray.
And tell future a^es the feats of the day*
A Bard who detelled all fadnefs and fpleen.
And wifh’d that Parnafsus a vineyard had been. Fal de dal ac
The dinner being- over/the claret they ply,/
And every new cork is a new fpring- of joy/
In the bands of old friendfhip and kindred fo fet/
And the bands grew the tighter the more they were wet.Fal de dal >c
Gay Pleasure ran riot as bumpers ran o'er,
Bright Phebus ne’er witnefsd fo joyous a corps-
And vow’d .that to leave them he was quite forlorn.
Till Cynthia hinted he'd find them next morn. Fal dedal Ac
Six bottles a piece had well wore out the night.
When gallant sir Robert, to finillv the fight.
Turn'd o'er in one bumper a bottle of red,
And fwore twas 'the way that their Anceftor did.Fal dedal &c
Then worthy Glenriddel fo cautious and fage
No longer the warfare ungodly would wage;
A high Ruling Elder to w allow in wine!
Be left the foul bufinefs to folks lets divine. Fal de dal Ac
The gallant sir Robert fought hard to the end,
* But who can wdtliFate and quart bumpers contend^
Tho’ Fate faid,a hero fhould perilli in light.
So uprole bright_Phebus and down fell the Knight. ,,
Next uprofe our Bard, like a prophet in drink,
,/Craig<farroch, thou'lt 1 o; r when C reation fhall fi nk
“But ii thou wouldlt flourilh immortal in rhyme,
“Come, one bottle more, and have at the i’ublimell.'Fal de dal Ac
/‘Thy Line that have ftruggled for freedom with Bruce,
./Shall Herqes and Patriots ever produce*.
,/So thine he the laurel, and mine be the bay,
“The field thou haft won,by yon bright god of day! Fal de dal Ac
As the authentic Prole hiftory of the whittle is curious, we fhall hear fubjoin it _In the
train of Anne, Prin cels of DeJunark, when Ihe came to Scotland with her hufband, James the
* Sixth, there came over allb a Danilh gentleman of gigantic Stature and great prowefs.and
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^^^^h-ls devotee of Bacchus .He had a curious ebony Ca!or whittle,which,at the beginning
^ jhe orgies^ he laid on the table, and whoever was last able to blow the whittle,every Body
elle being difabled by the potency of the bottle, was to carry off the whittle as a trophy
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—The Dane produced credentials of his victories,without a fingle defeat,at the
courts ol Copenhagen,Stockholm, Mofcow,Warfaw,and leveral of the petty courts of Germany
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thailenged the Scotifh Bacchanalians to the alternative of trying his prowefs.or elte
0 acknowledging their inferiority^After many overthrows on the part of the Scots the
Dane was encountered by sir Robert Lowrie of Maxwelton,ancetlor to tilt* prelent Sir Robert, who at
—tei thiee nights Claret tiled left the fcand in avian dead drunk, And blew on the whistle his
requiem , nrill.—Air WalterLowrie,fon of .sir Robert before mentioned afterwards loll the whittle to
vTaiKPKKhl^flcitrddle,v hp had marl i cdTlteTfift< r of Sir Walter__On Friday,the i« ’of 0< :ob< r
1 zyc.the whittle was once more contended for.as related in the Ballad,by the prefent Sir Robert,
Low rie oi Maxwelton’.Rob^Ridddl Bfq
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of Glenriddel lineal defeendant A representative of Walter,
Riddel who won the whiftle,and in whofe Family it had continued; and Alex| Fcrgufon EfqT
of Craigdarroclwlikewise defeended of the great Sir Robert, which laft gentleman carried
off the hard_Won honors of the Fheld. - Johnsons Tour thro Scotland )