WEE PATIE BRODIE'S PARRITCH BOWL

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 68, 28 October 1875, Page 7

WEE PATIE BRODIE'S PARRITCH BOWL

. "WeesM B'^d^'sfi^ltci'bb'wl,* '* Wee Patie Brodie's porritch bowl, - Twa hungry lw)<iifi*iM*Ka4af*i growl Owre Patie Brodie's parritch bowl! v*'^"! $ty*r&s>st lL$B •^e.w^?.S,-Pft*u?'*ftV.* v. Despised' a bowl less than a 'gallbnV '■*'"*• An' if it werena reaming fu', , •,-.,.•. Pate wadna put them tae his mou'^ f v A He scoop'd a hole oot o'.tho middle, -r . - An' pourtt the milk in' wi* a skiddle T . The Bour-dook frothi'd like foaming seas Wi'*Bhipwr-»k'd 9ailpra—half droon'd flees. .; Pate"-was*ibhe lad to mak' his mark, Ane^estly.prepar'dfQr^rkj . He s'cared^ihe weans'aff wT a's'cowl," Then dived into the parritch bowl! But great deeds are controll'd by fate, ;1 .*^d'Mt!Qlie^*^s'^Qes!*w#j)Y yAiiAA. His.e'e, U^ fill wap r .thjin his wame,', W^d' s6tiJe'linies)&ijng, 'We&* -Paw ta'e:shame. "Whiles hewadrimpithia spoon a wee, The tear*drap starting in his e'e; ' i Ah* iSut^orsnameTie' w<i& 'iae: cn'ed— -'' '' ] : Burstingpbut?noeye.t*^tisfled>;rr 'AAA. K. Bat as he pattsed doun, When Pate again wad seize the spoon*,: An' like true hero, soon or late, O'ercome the stttliioofnness o' fate. ; : y\-A A. Preferred a man wi' a big nose. Gie me a.maq.-wh& likM hi*! ;drum~mock — There's naething like a noble stomach. A man likfe.tais!y<*>u'i& surety fin 'im, An' no mistake, wi' something in 'im ; Ati rio A'atfifcrt tim^farlsiwa^T, il ' A A '. But maybe two. three times ».day.' • -- % When Pate was done he *^()uld^ci,yil, Tho weans about his knee micbt revel ; But theU'-Ee daur'd tfiem,! every sowl, To speak about his parritch bowl. The'neebora thocht it was a basin, Just fdrthe weans tae wash their face in: I've seen anithor suoh as this is Aft being used to wash the dishes. -i ♦- —._.