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WHISTLE-BINKIE, &c
SCOTTISH TEA-PARTY.
Now let's sing how Miss M'Wharty,
T'other evening had a party,
To have a cup of tea ;
And how she had collected
All the friends that she respected,
All as merry as merry could he.
Dames and damsels came in dozens,
With two-three country cousins,
In their lily-whites so gay ;
Just to sit and chitter-chatter,
O'er a cup of scalding water,
In the fashion of the day.
(Spoken in different female voices.) ' Dear me, how hae ye been this
Ling time, mem ?' ' Pretty weel, I thank ye, mem. How hae ye been
yoursel ?' ' O mem, I've been vera ill wi' the rheumatisms, and though
I were your tippet, I couldna be fu'er o' stitches than I am ; but
whan did ye see Mrs. Pinkerton ?' ' O mem, I haena seen her this
lang time. Did ye no hear that Mrs, Pinkerton and I hae had a dif-
ference ?' 'No, mem, I didnahear. What was't about, mem ?' 'I'll
tell you what it was about, mem. I gaed o'er to ca' upon her ae
day, and when I gaed in, ye see, she's sitting feeding the parrot, and I
says to her, Mrs. Pinkerton, how d'ye do, mem ? and she never let on
she heard me ; and I says again, Mrs. Pinkerton, how d'ye do ? I says,
and wi' that she turns about, and says she, « Mrs. M'Saunter, I'm really
astonished you should come and ask me how I do, considering the
manner you've ridiculed me and my husband in public companies "