A blethering,[[160]] blustering, drunken blellum;[[161]]

That frae November till October,

Ae market-day thou wasna sober;

That ilka melder,[[162]] wi' the miller,

Thou sat as lang as thou had siller;

That every naig was ca'd[[163]] a shoe on,

The smith and thee gat roaring fou on;

That at the Lord's house, even on Sunday,

Thou drank wi' Kirten Jean till Monday.

She prophesy'd that, late or soon,