Memoir of Norman Macleod, D.D., minister of Barony parish, Glasgow Volume 2; one of Her Majesty's chaplains dean of the Chapel Royal dean of the most ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...generation,, at least, savages and civilised, clergy and laity, may snuff and partake even of Athole brose without any fear of their noses becoming a burden to themselves or a terror to the country.' "We are glad to serve the cause of Science by communicating this splendid result of its profound researches to the world!" in later years. The earnest, meditative countenance, and the quaint accentuation with which he rendered it, accompanied by a suggestive twirl of his thumb, to indicate the approving 'wag' of the tail, lent indescribable drollery to the words. "THE WAGGIN' O' OUB DOG'S TAIL." Air.--" The barriti' o' the door." We hae a dog that wags his tail (He's a bit o' a wag himsel' O!) Every day he gangs down the town, At nicht his news to tell 0! The waggin' o' our dog's tail, bow-wow 1 The waggin' o' our dog's tail I He saw the Provost o' the town, Parading down the street 0! Quo' he, "Ye're no like my lord, For ye canna see your feet 0 I" The waggin', &c He saw a man grown unco' poor, And looking sad and sick O! Quo' he, "Cheer up, for ilka dog Has aye a bane to pick O!" The waggin', &c He saw a man wi' mony a smile, Wi'out a grain o' sowl 0! Quo' he, "I've noticed mony a dog, Could bite and never growl O!" The waggin', &o. He saw a man look gruff and cross, Wi'out a grain o' spite O! Quo' he, "He's like a hantle dogs Whose bark is waur than their bite O! The waggin', &c. He saw an M.P. unco' proud, Because o' power and pay 0I Quo' he, "Yer tail is cockit heigh, But ilka dog has his day 0!" The waggin, &0. Another of his favourite songs was one which he composed while on a visit to a friend in Ayrshire, who was an enthusiastic curler. Norman, who never even...
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