The Book of Scottish Song/Cauld Kail in Aberdeen 3

Cauld Kail in Aberdeen.

[Written by William Reid, bookseller, Glasgow.]

There's cauld kail in Aberdeen,
⁠And bannocks in Strathbogie,
But naething drives awa' the spleen
⁠Sae weel's a social cogie.
That mortal's life nae pleasure shares
⁠Wha broods o'er a' that's fogie:
Whane'er I'm fash't wi' worldly cares,
⁠I drown them in a cogie.

Thus merrily my time I pass,
⁠With spirits brisk and vogie,
Blest wi' my bulks and my sweet lass,
⁠My cronies and my cogie.
Then haste and gi'e's an auld Scots sang
⁠Sic like as Kathrine Ogie;
A gude auld sang comes never wrang,
⁠When o'er a social cogie.

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