And they should sup who can, sir.
Ah, see, she smiles! Could any word
More eloquently call ye?
Now go and soothe your bonnie burd,
And banish Lanthorn Jawley.
So prop nae mair the wa’, laddie,
So prop nae mair the wa’——’
(Ye dinna ken that on your coat
Yon candle-droppin’s fa’?)