Song

Tune--"The Shaalds of Foula"
By such of my Readers as love to trace the simplicity of rural insular life, I flatter myself, I shall be forgiven for introducing the following native and original Song, even in its rude, unpolished state.

Weel, since we are to welcome in Yule,
    Up wi't Lightfoot, link it awa', boys;
Send for a fidler, play up Foula Reel,
    We'll skip as light as a maw, boys.

CHORUS.
The Shaalds of Foula will pay for a',
    Up wi't Lightfoot, link it awa', boys;
The Shaalds of Foula will pay for a',
    The Shaalds will pay for a', boys.

The awens are amang the cows in the byre,
    Up wi't Lightfoot, link it awa', boys;
Link up the pot, and put on a gude fire,
    We'll sit till cocks do craw, boys.
            The Shaalds of Foula, &c.

Now for a light and a pot of gude beer,
    Up wi't Lightfoot, link it awa', boys;
We'll drink a gude fishing against the next year,
    And the Shaalds will pay for a', boys.
            The Shaalds of Foula, &c.