An Unpublished Poem.
By Robert Burns.
“Lilt your Johnnie.”
Wi’ patchit brose and ilka pen,
Nae bairns to clad the gleesome ken;
But chapmen billies, a’ gude men,
And Doon sae bonnie!
Ne’er let the scornfu’ mutchit ben;
But lilt your Johnnie!
For whistle binkie’s unco’ biel,