Our fathers fought ye stoutly,—
Their sons can fight as well!
The poet then recounts the fight between the lovers of Whiskey, and the Temperance party, led on by Forbes Mackenzie, in which, after a tremendous struggle, Whiskey is triumphant:—
Glenlivit’s joyous victors
With cheers the welkin rent,
And home was Forbes Mackenzie
Upon a shutter sent.
Now you who hear this story,
Don’t doubt it, if you please;
Have I not told you things before