And Edinburgh and Glasgow

Are like ploomen in a pub.

They want to hear o’ naething

But their ain foul hubbub....

The fules are richt; an extra thocht

Is neither here nor there.

Oor lives may differ as they like

—The self-same fate we share.

And whiles I wish I’d nae mair sense

Than Cruivie and Gilsanquhar,