ElegyOnWillieNicol'sMare

elegyonwillienicol'smare

pegnicholsonwasagoodbaymare,

asevertrodonairn;

butnowshe'sfloatingdownthenith,

andpastthemoutho'cairn.

pegnicholsonwasagoodbaymare,

an'rodethro'thickandthin;

butnowshe'sfloatingdownthenith,

andwantingeventheskin.

pegnicholsonwasagoodbaymare,

andancesheboreapriest;

butnowshe'sfloatingdownthenith,

forsolwayfishafeast.

pegnicholsonwasagoodbaymare,

an'thepriestherodehersair;

andmuchoppress'dandbruis'dshewas,

aspriest-ridcattleare,—&c.&c.