The Heron Ballads. (Ballad Third.)

An Excellent New Song.


Tune. "Buy broom besoms."

    Wha will buy my troggin,
        Fine election ware;
    Broken trade o' Broughton,
        A' in high repair.
        Buy braw troggin,
            Frae the banks o' Dee;
        Wha wants troggin
            Let him come to me.

    There's a noble Earl's[1]
        Fame and high renown
    For an auld sang,
        It's thought the gudes were stown.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Here's the worth o' Broughton[2]
        In a needle's ee;
    Here's a reputation
        Tint by Balmaghie.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Here's an honest conscience
        Might a prince adorn;
    Frae the downs o' Tinwald,[3]
        So was never worn.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Here's its stuff and lining,
        Cardoness'[4] head;
    Fine for a sodger
        A' the wale o' lead.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Here's a little wadset
        Buittle's[5] scrap o' truth,
    Pawn'd in a gin-shop
        Quenching holy drouth.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Here's armorial bearings
        Frae the manse o' Urr;[6]
    The crest, an auld crab-apple
        Rotten at the core.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Here is Satan's picture,
        Like a bizzard gled,
    Pouncing poor Redcastle,[7]
        Sprawlin' as a taed.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Here's the worth and wisdom
        Collieston[8] can boast;
    By a thievish midge
        They had been nearly lost.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Here is Murray's fragments
        O' the ten commands;
    Gifted by black Jock[9]
        To get them aff his hands.
        Buy braw troggin, &c.

    Saw ye e'er sic troggin?
        If to buy ye're slack,
    Hornie's turnin' chapman,
        He'll buy a' the pack.
        Buy braw troggin,
            Frae the banks o' Dee;
        Wha wants troggin
            Let him come to me.