Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-03
POEM,
Read at The st. Afdrsls's Festival b.
JoHN PRoUDFooT,
10 in response to the toast,
"SooTLAED,-sTHR LAND o. oAKEs.'"



''SooTLAED, ,-sTHK LAND o. oAKEs'"
Ofseotlsnd's corn, her ~ ats, we sing
While met together benqueting
On CleFelsnd's every dainty thing,
And Natures best,
Borne hame on memory's ftful wing
Let's swell the feast.
When vernal shower revi7es the sod,
Gran peeps The braird, aboon the clod,
Gran, when 10 rdgging, it doth nod
First the tdp-ptckls,,-
But grandsr far, WheE ripe, its load
Falls meath the sicklei
How changed in native look and size
Is Scotland's corn meath Yankee skies.
Shrunk In the Sh0t-bLdds, hereit dies
still-bOrn oerealt
A peak o. which WEd not suffice
To bake ae C2) JarIi
While some esteem the staff Of life
To be the beer or wheaton sheaf,
And ithers hold 1t their belief
That rice or maize is,
The trne-bred Scotchman, as the CHIEF,
Give ats his praises.
And well he may, fort is the corn
Hesips at, soon as he is born =
His mither, meath his chin doth turn
The soft white towel,
And dts his CAB (3)-dispite bis spurn
WI water-gruel.
And when at schule, a laddie learning,
Sometimes, right hurried in the morning,
He has been keuned, the hour returning,
To time his 10 edrTiteh,
Yet never to need double warning
To TAX his (5) pdrritsh.
To seal he fates o. Halloween
WHAT was the jovisl supper ta'enI
And what the tsa-h7Hr on the green
Besprent wi gowsns,
Atpeat-moss, or at harvest scene2
What but the 10y sosaHsf
At public dinner VI grafton;
At kirn, or wedding celebration;
At every social, gTest occasion
The tables luggies
Was wanting in the Enumeration
Without the () hoggis.
When, for the (s) dG.grb, to max ans strang,
Or when frae hame sne had 10 gang,
To make the journey no seem lang,
noble tonic
Was in the pouch, OF cheese q whang
And sleeve made t9) baGaoeEl
To hungry weans that aye wad eat;
To meet the call o. friends and treat;
To the invalid, that rainty meat
And cordials shun,
What's half sac guild, or tastes sac sweet
As sOuPle 90 sooner
Mere teethless mummies, dwarf d in size
Let eplcurean bodies prize
Their sugard cookies, buns and pies,
But fer the sake
or country, let ascotchman's choice
Be cramPy cakel
What makes 8 Scotchman nothing dresdS
In veal or woe haud up his head
What makes his step the giants tread,
Daunting his fOesG
What Dut his being hardy fed
On fat on kdI 5rcss7
When Beetle fell beneath the axe,
And Grumphy squealed to pay the tax,
Rare ornaments adorned the banks
As mart and madden:
Nae better (l2) kitchen did sns ask
Than the white (lS) pGddiHi
When summer wet bro't harvest bad,
The barley crop, q failure sad
welcome substitute, and glad
Was the shell'd oats;
To boil the pot, the guidwfe had
Her nieTefu' groats.
SoWn anywhere-on sunny slope,
Or on the mountains hesthery top
Ats never blight the Farmers hope
In fother-feed;
While oottar hail them as his crop
For (lAl hGver bread.
To guard, on harvest-morn, the head
or hundred tasselS, all srrayed
With sparkling dew-drop--frse the reid
'. Ofrparrow rOwdy,
The hird-boy pipes his oatsn reed
(l5l YaHP for his Qel erOlSdy
Let Seotchmen now a bumper fill
Fresh frRe the burn, and lest 1t chill,
Shake on Just a little meal,
Then toom the horn,
'' To SeotlGHd's eesriGsttHg re1l,
And oGtsher eorHF'