The day was fine, the sun did shine,
Aw thowt aw was preparing
To leave the Powl, myed me repine—
Aw scarce could keep fra blairin';—
A greet balloon was brought me seun,
Twe cheps wi' wings sae switchin',
Wiv it were sent to tyek me doon
To shew me a' the kitchen.
Right fal de ral, &c.
Wiv a' my friends aw had a jill,
King Geordy was quite canty—
Says he—Now eat and drink yor fill,
Doon stairs good things are scanty.
When deun, says aw—Kind folks, fareweel'
Maw Guides their wings are stretchin'—
In the balloon aw off did reel
To see this querish kitchen.
Right fal de ral, &c.
We doon a narrow place did rowl—
As sure as maw nyem's Cranky.
This is the passage in the Powl
That's mention'd by the Yankee:[14]
As we flew on it darker grew,
Wi' such a noise and screechin'—
Greet clouds o' fire we darted through,
And landed in the kitchen.
Right fal de ral, &c.
They use poor folks here warse than beasts—
Greet lots o' Turks and Tartars,
Wi' lawyers, quakers, kings, and priests,
Were phizzin' in a' quarters.
The Jews were bowlting lumps o' pork—
Mahomet, that au'd vixen,
Was toss'd about frae fork to fork,
Wi' Derry in the kitchen.
Right fal de ral, &c.
Fast i' the stocks au'd Neddy sat,
The late Newcassel bellman—
And there was Honour Breet, Bed Watt,
Just gaun the rig hersel', man:
Then farther in, upon a stuel,
Sat Judy Downey stitchin',
She d—n'd me for a greet stark cull,
For comin' to the kitchen.
Right fal de ral, &c.
Aw, wi' the heat and want o' drink,
Was swelter'd myest to deed, man—
When fairly deun and gaun to sink,
Aw was whupt off wi' speed, man.
How aw escap'd aw's puzzled sair,
'Twas like a sudden twitchin'
Aw, like a lairk, flew through the air,
Half roasted, frae the kitchen.
Right fal de ral, &c.
As aw cam doon aw pass'd the meun,
An' her greet burning mountains—
Her turnpike roads aw fand out seun,
Strang beer runs here in fountains:
To hev a sup aw was reet fain,
Wi' some queer cheps thrang ditchin'—
But waken'd then in Percy Main,
A lang way frae the kitchen.
Right fal de ral, &c.
[14] Alluding to the following extraordinary advertisement which recently made its appearance in the American journals:— recently made its appearance in the American journals:—
St. Louis, (Missouri Territory)
North America, April 10, A. D. 1818.