THE HERON BALLADS.

[BALLAD THIRD.]

[This third and last ballad was written on the contest between Heron and Stewart, which followed close on that with Gordon. Heron carried the election, but was unseated by the decision of a Committee of the House of Commons: a decision which it is said he took so much to heart that it affected his health, and shortened his life.]

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 [127]
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 [128]
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—[129]
So was never worn.
Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here’s its stuff and lining,
Cardoness’[130] head;
Fine for a sodger
A’ the wale o’ lead.
Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here’s a little wadset
Buittle’s [131] 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;[132]
The crest, an auld crab-apple
Rotten at the core.
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Here is Satan’s picture,
Like a bizzard gled,
Pouncing poor Redcastle,[133]
Sprawlin’ as a taed.
Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here’s the worth and wisdom
Collieston [134] 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 [135]
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.