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NEW-YEAR'S DAY:
A POEM.
I.
Ye Muses nine, O come and see
Which o' ye a' will cleek wi' me,
And lend me wings that I may flee,
And mak'a fraise,
For a' the poets tell how ye
Inspire their lays.
II.
To sing in hamely style, O teach me,
And tak nae prigging, I beseech ye,
But let my invitation reach ye,
Frae midst the thrang,
For troth I canna thole to fleetch ye
Wi' busked sang.
III.
With your assistance I'se begin
To tell how the New Year comes in,
With sic a sough and sic a din
O' clinkan stoups,
And bodies gaun to see their kin,
Get monie coups.
