ExtemporeInTheCourtOfSession

extemporeinthecourtofsession

tune—“killiercrankie.”

lordadvocate

heclenchedhispamphletinhisfist,

he"edandhehinted,

till,inadeclamation-mist,

hisargumenthetintit:

hegapedfor't,hegrapedfor't,

hefanditwasawa,man;

butwhathiscommonsensecameshort,

heekedoutwi'law,man.

mr.erskine

collected,harrystoodawee,

thenopen'douthisarm,man;

hislordshipsatwi'ruefu'e'e,

andey'dthegatheringstorm,man:

likewind-drivenhailitdidassail'

ortorrentsowrealin,man:

thebenchsaewise,liftuptheireyes,

half-wauken'dwi'thedin,man.