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[ "Clout the Caudron."—This ludicrous description of a Highlandman's perplexities under the laws against wearing the Highland garb, the innovations of Turnpike roads, &c., is said to have been written by, bellman in Glasgow, and author of a metrical account of the Rebellion of '45. Dougald was born about the year 1721, and died in 1779. A memoir of him will be found in Chambers's Scottish Biographical Dictionary.]

[—Tune, "Killiecrankie."]

pe auchty years and twa,

Te twenty-tird o' May, man;

She twell amang the Heelan hills,

Ayont the reefer Spey, man.

Tat year tey foucht the Sherra-muir,

She first peheld te licht, man;

Tey shot my father in tat stoure—

A plaguit, vexin spite, man.

I've feucht in Scotland here at hame,

In France and Shermanie, man;

And cot tree tespurt pluddy cons,

Beyond te 'Lantic sea, man:

But wae licht on te nasty cun,

Tat ever she pe porn, man;

Phile koot klymore te tristle caird,

Her leaves pe never torn, man.

Ae tay I shot, and shot, and shot,

Phane'er it cam' my turn, man;

Put a' te force tat I could gi'e,

Te powter wadna purn, man.

A filty loun cam' wi' his cun,

Resolvt to too me harm, man;

And wi' te tirk upon her nose

Ke me a pluddy arm, man.