Page:Exploits of wise Willie and witty Eppie, the ale-wife, of Buckhaven (2).pdf/23

 23

death was me worst o't, come what will. But Witty Eppie said, I ken well what's to come, he's gaun to make de men o's a' soilgers, an the wives dragoons, because they're the best fighters: I ken there's something to come on the town, for our Nancy saw Maggy's gaist the streen it                  was buried about four weeks since syne. A hech, co Willie, that's a sign she meal is dear in the ither warld, when she comes back to this ane again: We'll tak our dinner afore we gae to my                  Lord, we'll mae be near come back again. So                  away they went, lamenting, all in a crowd, My                   Lord and the Captain was looking over the window when they arrived; and the Captain cries to them, To the right about. To which they answered, O bless you, my Lord, what is                  dat man saying? Says my Lord, He bids you turn your faces to Maggy's hill, and your a--es to the sea; which they did with all haste. An                  what will we do now? said Willie. No more. said my Lord but go all home Willie. O my                  dow! O my blessing come o'er your bonny face, my Lord; I wish you may never die, nor yet grow sick, nor naebody tell you; ye are the best man in a' the warld, for we thought a' to be                  dead men or sodgers, ye're wiser than a' the witches on the coast of Fife, or in a' the warld. 4. There was a custom in Bucky harbour, when they got a hearty drink; that they went down to dance among the boats; and two or                  three of the oldest went into a boat to see the rest dance. And when they admitted a burgher, there was always a dance. One day they ad- mitted gly'd Rob, who was a warlike, and made them all to stop their dancing; for which he                  was carried before Wise Willie, to answer for