Poetry.
TSJSDRUNKARD'S RAGGIT WEAN. j [Qne ofour friends, when in Glasgow the other: aay, was made.to tarry in, the street;by thei plaintive notes;of.a child singing the following song, several copies of which the boy was selling for a halfpenny. He purchased one, and our. readers have the benefit of the investment.— . Liverpool Albion:] A weebit raggit laddie gangs wan'rin' thro* thei street, •Wadin':'mang the snaw-wi' his wee hackit feet, Shiv'rin' i' the cauld blast, greetin' wi' the pain "Wha's the puir wee callan? he's a drunkard's raggit wean. He stands at ilka, door, and he keeks wi Vistfu' e'e, To seethe crowd around the fire, a' laughin' loud wi'glee; But he daurna venture ben', tho' his heart be; e'er sac fain, For he mauna play wi* ither bairns, the drunkard's raggit wean. Oh! see the wee bit bairnie, his heart is unco fou, The sleet is blawin' cauld, and he's dreepit thro' and thro', He's speerin' for his mither, and he won'ers whar she's ganey But, oh! his mither she forgets her puir wee raggit wean. . He ken's na faither's luve, an' .he ken's na mither's care,. To soothe his wee bit sorrows, or kame his tautit hair, To kiss Mm when he waukens, or. smooth his bed at c'en, An' oh! he fears his faither'a face, the drunkard's raggit wean. Oh! pity the wee laddie, sac guileless and sac young, The oath that leaves his faither's lip 'ill settle on his tongue, And sinfu' words his mither speaks his infant lips 'ill stain, For oh! there's nane to guide the bairn, the drunkard's raggit wean. Then surely we might try an' turn that sinfu' , mither's heart, An'try to get his faither to act a faither's part, An' rnak' them lea' the drunkard's cup, an' never taste again, An'cherish wi'a parent's care their puir wee raggit wean.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 523, 7 November 1857, Page 3
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307Poetry. Lyttelton Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 523, 7 November 1857, Page 3
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