...boys I trow are we ; And monie a night we've merry been, And monie mae we hope to be ! We are na fou, &c. It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin in the lifi sae hie ; She shines sae bright to whyle us hame, But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee ! We are...

...Three merry boys, I trow, are we ; And monie a night we've merry been, And monie mae we hope to be ! It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie; <*y She shines sae bright to wile us hame, But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee ! Wha first shall rise...

...Three merry boys, I trow, are we; And monie a night we've merry been, And monie mae we hope to be! It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie; «ky She shines sae bright to wile us hame, But, by my sooth, shell wait a wee! Wha first shall rise...

...the hollow cask we're told, How the waning night grows old." And Burns thus marks the time :—- " It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in...the lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright, to wyle us hamc, But by my sooth she'll wait a wee." The young people of the present day have no idea of the state...

...trow are we ; And mony a night we've merry been, And mony mae we hope to be ! " We are na fon," Ae. It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin in...lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright to wyle us hame Bnt by my troth she'll wait a wee! We are nae fon, Ae. Wha first shall rise to gang awa, A enekeld,...

...which none perhaps are more admirable than " Willie Brewed a Peck o' Maut." Such a stanza as : — It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie ; She shines sac bright to wylc us hame ; But by my sooth she'll wait a wee ! is the very essence of poetic and...

...in der Luff ; Scottish, in the lift ; so Burns : ' It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinking in the lift sae hie, She shines sae bright to wyle us hame, But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee ! ' a-live. This word appears in older English as on lyve, on Hue ; as, By God, quoth he, that wol...

...Three merry boys, I trow, are we ; And mony a night we 've merry been, And mony mae we hope to be! It is the moon — I ken her horn, That's blinkin'...shines sae bright to wyle us hame, But, by my sooth, she 'll wait a wee ! Wha first shall rise to gang awa', A cuckold, coward loon is he ! Wha last beside...

...or hoven up : — " When lightnings fire the stormy lift." — Burns : Epistle to Robtrt Graham. " It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright to wile us hame, But by my sooth she'll wait a wee !" — Burns. Lin, or Uns. This termination to many...

...are we ; And mony a night we've merry been, And ПИШУ mae we hope to be ! " We are na fon," Ac. It Is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin In the lift sac hie ; She shines sae bright to wyle us hame But by my troth she'll wait a wee ! We are nao fon,...