Blythsome bridal, or, The lass wi' the gowden hair (2)/The Blythsome Bridal
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The BLYTHSOME BRIDAL.
FY let us a' to the bridal,
for there will be lilting there,
For Jocky's to be marry'd to Maggy,
the laſs wi' the gouden hair.
And there will be lang-kail and pottage,
and bannocks of barley-meal;
And there will be a good ſa't herring,
to reliſh a cog of good ale.
Fy let us a' to the bridal, &c.
And there will be Sandy the ſouter,
and Will wi' the meikle mou';
And there will be Tam the bluter,
with Andrew the tinker, I trow:
And there will be bow'd legged Robbie,
with thumbleſs Katy's goodman;
And there will be blue-cheek'd Dowbie,
and Lawrie the laird of the land.
And there will be ſow-libber Patie,
and pluky-fac'd Wat i' the mill,
Capper-nos'd Patie and Gibbie,
that wins in the how of the hill;
And there will be Alaſter Sibbie,
wha in wi' black Beſſy did mool,
With ſnivelling Lilly and Tibby,
the laſs that ſtands aft on the ſtool.
And Madge that was buckled to Steenie,
and coſt him grey breeks to his arſe,
Wha after was hangit for ſtealing,
great mercy it happen'd na warſe;
And there will be gleed Geordy Janners,
and Kirſt wi' the lily-white leg,
Wha gade to the ſouth for manners,
and bang’d up her wame in mons-meg.
And there will be Judan Maclawrie,
and blinking daft Barbara Macleg,
Wi' flae-lugged ſharney-fac'd Lawrie,
and ſhangy-mou'd haluket Meg.
And there will be happer-ars'd Nancy.
and fairy-fac'd Flowrie by name,
With Madie, and fat-hippit Griſy,
the laſs wi' the gowden wame.
And there will be Girn-again Gibbie,
with his glaiket wife Jenny Bell,
And miſle-ſhin'd Mungo Macapie,
the lad that was ſkipper himſel.
There lads and laſſes in pearling,
will feaſt in the heart of the ha',
On ſybows, and rifarts and carlings,
that are baith fodden and raw.
And there will be fadges and brochan,
wi' ſouth of good gabbocks of ſkate,
Powſowdy and drammock, and crowdy,
and caller nowt-feet in a plate,
And there will be partans and buckies,
and whytens and ſpeldings enow,
With ſing'd ſheep-heads, and a haggies,
and ſcadlips to ſup till ye ſpew.
And there will be lapper'd-milk kebbocks,
and ſowens, and farls, and baps,
With ſwats and well ſcraped paunches,
and brandy in ſtoups and in caps,
And there will be meal-cail and cuſtocks,
with ſkink to ſup till ye rive,
And roaſts to roaſt on a brander,
of flukes that were taken alive.
Scrapt haddocks, wilks, dulſe and tangle,
and a mill of good ſniſhing to prie;
When weary with eating and drinking,
we'll riſe up and dance till we die.
Then fy let us a' to the bridal,
for there will be lilting there,
For Jocky's to be married to Maggy,
the lafs wi' the gowden hair.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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