PRODEEGEOUS.
An auld wife travelling clown the stieet Beside hei daughtei Alice, Brought to a halt her weaiy feet, She thought she saw a palace " Is this whaur Lady Cheimside dwells 9 " She asked in accents Scotch — The building was but twenty ells Just frae the " Evening Post " "Hoots! mithei, hae ye nevei learned O' Aberdeen awas son 7 The chiel wha muckle fame has earned ; His name is Stewait Dawson Wi brooches, chains, an' sic like failings He decoiates his windies, Wi clocks an' bracelets, necklets, laic lings, An' jewels frae the Indies. " Just tak' a peep an' fill yei c'en Wi a' they gowden glories, The like has never yet been seen Outside o' fany stones. Ma certie ! but the burglai folk Wad like tae fix their claws on An' pack awa inside a poke The gems o' Stewart Dawson. "But I am tauld his safe's as strong As Edinbuigh Castle. An' guard is keepit a' nicht long By kilted Dhunniewassal. A body could na' tiee the lock Wha didna' undeistan' it; As weel attempt to bieak a lock 0' Aberdonian gianite. " Sma' wonder carnage folk duve ioun' Wi purses fu' o' sillei. The shop's the talk o' a, the town, At ilka post an' pillar , I'm thinking I maun Sandy bring," And here Miss Alice chuckled, " It's just the place tae buy the ring When me and him gets buckled."
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Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 114, 6 September 1902, Page 11
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233PRODEEGEOUS. Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 114, 6 September 1902, Page 11
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