THE DRUNKARD'S RAGGIT WEAN.
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A wee bit raggit laddio gangs, wan'rin' thro'
the street, Wadin' 'mabg the snow wi' his wee hackot
feet, Shiveriu' i' the cauld blast, groctiu' wi 1 the
pain | Wha's the puir weo callan' '? He's a drunkard's raggit wean
He Btaun'a at ilka door, an' he kecks wi' wislfu' o'e
To sco tho crood aroun' the fire a' lauchin' lood wi' glee ;
But ho daurna venture ben, though hig hoarfc bo o'or Bae fain, For ho maunna play,, wi' ithor bairns, the drunkard's raggit weafy Qh, C3Q tho v/oo bit laddie, his h.oavt is unoo . fff ,^ ..... Tho sleet ia blawin' cau,ld, and he's droukit through and throggh ; Jlo's epierin' for hia rpith,or, an' h,e wun'ors whaur she's gane •, Bat, Qh | big raituer eho forgets hor puir woo ragglt weau. He kens nae faither'fl lovo and ho kens nae mither's care, To eootho his woo bit sorrows, or kame hia tautit huir, To kiBB him whan ho wankons, or smooth his bed at c'en, ' •.••.■• An'- ohl he War's hia faither'a face, tho druo^ kard'B raggit wean. Oh, pity tho weo laddie, sao guileless an' sao young ; The oath that lea's hia faither'a lip '11 settle on hia tongue, An' sinfu' worda his mithor epeaka hia infant lips 'ill etain, For, oh, there's nano to guido th? bairn, the drunkard's raggit wean Then suroly wo micht try an' turn that einfu' ■ mither'a heart, An' try lo get hia faither to aot a faither'a part, ' An mak' them lea' the drunkard's oup an 1 never taste again, An' oheriah' wi' a parent's care their puir wee raggit wean. James Paul Omw?onp, (In p.unodin " $venin,g 3tar.)
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1790, 15 March 1888, Page 3
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281THE DRUNKARD'S RAGGIT WEAN. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1790, 15 March 1888, Page 3
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