O hospitable town and kind,
Farewell! Until I come again,
I leave my heart behind.
[B] A postcript to “A Ballad of Edinboro’ Toon.”
Follower (at the tail of the procession). “E—h, d’ye see yon wee Tam M‘Gowkie the-r-re! He maun be i’ th’ front, ye ken, whatever’s gaun on!”
His Companion. “I’ the front! Aye, mun”—(viciously)—“he’d be i’ the hea-arse if he could!”