Wi’ banners rattling in the wind,
The Campbells are comin’, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin’, etc.
[The Duchess of Gordon, and Mrs. Stewart, with Blacklock and Ferguson, join enthusiastically in the choruses, Mrs. Ferguson more mildly, Mrs. Montgomery perfunctorily, and Muir excitedly, moving about the room, vainly exhorting Robertson and Miss Taylor. Walter Scott, tense with wondering admiration, slowly approaches Burns as he sings, and stands beside him.
At the close of the song there is a burst of applause, and cries of, ‘Bravo! Bravo! Another please, Mr. Burns,’ through which is heard.]
Miss Taylor (to Robertson): Very incendiary in sentiment, I must say.
Robertson: A very just criticism.
[The calls for another song persist.]
Burns: The tune of ‘The Collier’s Bonnie Lassie’?
[Mrs. Stewart plays the air, and he sings, very quietly, his audience now Mrs. Stewart alone.]