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" SCOFFING BALLAD."
I ha'e teil'd you some facts about Daniel Barr,
Yet I have nae said half about Daniel Barr ;
But minstrels will rise up in ages afar,
And sing and tell tales about Daniel Barr.
These verses are by Mr Andrew Aiken, author of " The Auld Fleckit
Cow," in the First Series. " Daniel Barr," the subject of the song, is
s well known in the parish of Beith, and so fully described by the poet,
as to obviate the necessity of any remarks on our part.
INDUCTION OF THE REV. MR. LINDSAY TO THE COLLEGIATE
CHURCH OF KILMARNOCK IN 1764.
} [The following burlesque verses, taken down from the recollection of
an eyewitness now living (1842), were written in 1764, on the occa-
sion of the violent induction of the Rev. Mr Lindsay to the parish \
church, Kilmarnock.]
Poor John M' Crone* had ta'en the road.
And sair he did his auld beast goad.
To fetch in time his noble load.
Good people, hear my ditty.
And Orangefield, Dalrymple call'd
Prae Finlayson, or some sic fauld.
To quell the mob, now grown sae bauld,
Good people, hear my ditty.
But some folk had it in their head
His Lordship wad mak' nae sic speed
If Maggy Laudert had been dead,
Good people, hear my ditty.
* Valet to the Earl of Glencairn.
t Mrs Lindsay, previoiisly housekeeper to the Earl of Glencairn
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