WHICH ane, an' which ane, An' which ane for thee? -- Here thou hast thy vera choice An' which sall it be? -- Ye hae the Holy Brither, An' ye hae the Scholarly; An', last, ye hae the butt o' baith -- Which sall it be? Ane's oot o' Edinborough, Wi' the Beuk an' Gown; An' ane's came frae Cambridge; An' ane frae scaur an' down: An' Deil tak the hindmaist! Sae the test gaes roun': An' here ye hae the lairdly twa, An' ane frae scaur an' down. Yon's Melancholy -- An' the pipes a-skirlin' -- Gangs limp an' droopet, Like a coof at hirlin', -- Droopet aye his lang skirts I' the wins unfurlin'; Yon's Melancholy -- An' the pipes a-skirlin'! Which ane, an' which ane, An' which ane for thee? -- Here thou hast thy vera choice: An' which sall it be? -- Ye hae the Holy Brither, An' ye hae the Scholarly; An', last, ye hae the butt o' baith -- Which sall it be? Elbuck ye'r bag, mon! An' pipe as ye'd burst! Can ye gie's a waur mon E'en than the first? -- Be it Meister Wisemon, I' the classics versed, An' a slawer gait yet E'en than the first? Then gie us Merriment: Loose him like a linnet Teeterin' on a bloomin' spray -- We ken him i' the minute, -- Twinklin' is ane ee asklent, Wi' auld Clootie in it -- Auld Sawney Lintwhite, We ken him i' the minute! An' which ane, an' which ane, An' which ane for thee? -- For thou shalt hae thy vera choice, An' which sall it be? -- Ye hae the Holy Brither, An' ye hae the Scholarly; A' last, ye hae the butt o' baith -- Which sall it be? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO JOHN LAPRAIK, AN OLD SCOTTISH BARD by ROBERT BURNS THE LOVELINESS OF LOVE by GEORGE DARLEY VAIN TEARS, FR. THE QUEEN OF CORINTH by JOHN FLETCHER DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY [OR, DAFFYDOWNDILLY] by MOTHER GOOSE THOMAS HOOD by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON IN AN ATELIER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE SINGERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |