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.