Here are we met, three merry boys, It is the moon--I ken her horn, Wha firft fhall rife to gang awa, A cuckold, coward, loon is he! Wha first befide his chair fhall fa', He is the king amang the three! CHORUS -We are nae fou, &c. The BLUE-EY'D LASSIE. IGAED a wafu gaet yeftreen, A gaet I fear I'll dearly rue, I gat my death frae twa sweet c'en, Twas not her golden ringlets bright, She fpak', fhe fmil'd, my heart the wyl'd, But "fpare to speak and flow to speed," EPIG R Α Μ. The late FRANCIS GROSE, F. R. S. was of a very corpulent perfon.-This gave birth to the following Epigram, by the Author, while over a bottle with the celebrated Antiquarian : T HE Devil once heard that old Grofe was a-dying, HE And whip! on the wings of the wind he came flying; But when he beheld honeft FRANCIS a-moaning, And mark'd each bed-poft with its burthen a-groaning; Confounded he roar'd, 'I fhall leave him, by G, Ere carry to H-ll fuch a damnable load.' GLOSSARY. THE ch and gh have always the guttural found. The found of the English diphthong oo, is commonly fpelled ou. The French u, a found which often occurs in the Scotch Language, is marked oo, or ui. The a in genuine Scotch words, except when forming a diphthong, or followed by an e mute after a fingle confonant, founds generally like the broad English a in wall. The Scotch diphthongs, ae, always, and ea very often, found like the French é mafculine, The Scotch diphthong ey, founds like the Latin ei. A', ball B B Bad, did bid Bade, endured, did stay Bairntime, a brood, a family of children Bainie, having large bones, stout Bardie, diminutive of bard Barmie, of or like barm Batch, a crew, a gang Bauld, bold, Bauldy, boldly Be, to let be, to give over, to ceafe Beastie, dimin. of beaft Behint, or behin', behind Ben, into the Spence or parlour Benlomond, a noted mountain in Dunbartonshire Bethankit, the grace after meat Be't, be it Beuk, a book Bicker, a kind of wooden dish, a fhort race Biel, or bield, fhelter Bien, wealthy, plentiful Billie, a brother, a young fellow Bing, a heap of grain, potatoes, &c. Birkie, a clever fellow Birring, the noife of patridges &c. when they spring Bit, crifis, nick of time Bizz, to bustle, a buzz Blaftie, a fhriveled dwarf, a term of contempt Blattit, blafted Blate, bashful, sheepish Blaud, a flat piece of any thing; to flap Blaw, to blow, to boast Bleezin, blazing Bleflin, bleffing |