SCOTCH PARRITCH.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1887, Page 2

SCOTCH PARRITCH.

In boil in' water, suited wco\ 'Tweon lizmora, rin the ruehsorne meal. While the brisk Hpurtle gars lliom wheel In jaups an' ringsAc gmd half-hour, syno bowls maj reel W i' food lor kings. Xac butter, sjrup, sugar brown. For him uhu biipa shall ereesh thy crown, Jiut milk alanc, maun isle thee romi', Till thou dOHt soom, Ihen a man needs is ac lung spoon, And elbow room. Gie France her pu^docks an-l ragoue, (he Unhand pudding, beef, and rttews, Ciio Ireland t.ihes, shamrocks, &008, And laud sac bo^io, Truo Scotsmen si ill will seaud their mous O A er Scotland s cogie. I'iiirparritch! lierc Uiou'rt scant respeekit, J'or fny./.le'i fare thou'rt al'fc ncgleckit, J^ut Grecian's, Spar a sune was wreckit vlaugdnnkinghorns, And Seoti.i'n tlitatle may ho sneckit \V lion ittvo she scorns. ]*ut mark the Scot uyont the sea We come hU meal, wi* dewy e'e ; ile gars the first, made parrltch flee ' ' J'Vie oot 1 1)0 dis.i. Wliilc that his pock ne'er room may be Id iV hid wish. Proud Scotland's sons, o' hill and glen, llac roused the world i'rae en' to en' V> i' douKlity di'ods o' tongue and pen, Coal, steam and steel— O! what hti.s m.idu those mighty men J3ut Scotland's nvaU On Rin nock burn, and freedom's day, Ay'liiMi Britons met in war's array, X'en though the Northmen knelt to say Their creed or enrritoh, What made thediiterin that fray Was Scotland's parritch. For makiu' ilesh and buildin' banes, There ne'er was sice m food for wea c; It knits their miHcle.s steeve as stanes, And leuch as brakes ; Fills liooses lv' o bo.\s wi mains, And rosy lassies. My blessiii'-r on the diibty miller v - lvi v,iu-, me Kowdcn licall ii ior silicr ; ]\ly blo-j-jiutj on ouch honest tiller, Wha breaks the eloii. And gars t;rce i coi n, l)i»,ah's toe and killer, Sjirint; frae the sod !