“Ye wha are fain to hae your name Wrote in the bonny book o fame, Let merit nae pretension claim To laurel'd wreath, But hap ye weel, baith back and wame, In guid Braid Claith.” StatusDressScots LanguageFineryBroad Cloth Book:Poems of Fergusson Source: Poems of Fergusson
“Auld Reekie's sons blyth faces wear, September's merry month is near, That brings in Neptune's caller chere, New oysters fresh; The halesomest and nicest gear Of fish or flesh. Whan big as burns the gutters rin, Gin ye hae catcht a drookit skin, To Luckie Middlemist's loup in, And sit fair snug O'er oysters and a dram o' gin, Or haddock lug.” SeptemberOystersEdinburghScots Language Book:Poems of Fergusson Source: Poems of Fergusson
“Auld Reekie, Wale o' ilka Town, That Scotland kens beneath the Moon, Where couthy Chiels at E'ening meet Their bizzing craigs and mous to weet; And blythly gar auld Care gae bye Wi' blinkit and wi' bleering Eye:” EdinburghScots Language Book:Poems of Fergusson Source: Poems of Fergusson