And to him she’s had a fine young son.

D

Gibb MS., No 14, p. 57. From the recitation of Eppie Fraser, daughter of a tramp, and unable to read, about 1840.

1

All the soldiers in Edinburgh town

Were sitting drinking at the wine,

An all the toasts that were among them

Was a health to the lassie that goes sae fine.

2

Up then spake an officier,