The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-02-03

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Come in man and sit ye down,
An dinna be sweIr, wea your crack;
We ken we are scrimpt for room.
But wha cares a flea about that.
Make ha ste man and find a seat,
And dinna look sac forlorn,
For We have come to celebrate
The day that Burns was born.
IORUs: We re a John Tompson's BARNS,
Sprightly, blythe and gay,
An we'll a. sing songs by turns,
On Rhyming Rob's birthday.
The ladies they will see
That ye a get plenty to eat;
Yell get bath, coffee and tea.
An great variety o. meat.
Yen get a kinds O. cakes
An likewise a kinds of pies,
An pickles sac sour they'll make
The water TO run frae your eyes.
There will be plenty O. bread,
OF which you may eat your fill;
Its made of the best grade
OF -four from the Mapleton mill.
There will be crackers and cheese
And roast turkey for supper,
WI baked beans and green peas,
And plenty o Guy Spauldings butter
You'll get fine mealy potatoes,
Laughin' and reekin' hot,
An also a muckle Scotch "Hagfies'
Just new cam. out o. the pot.
IN just mention one other matter,
II you should get here in time,
You'll get a wee drop o tne "crater'
To rise up heat in your "weine."
When Robbie Burns was born,
They keekit in his loot, .
An the "Howdie'' said he BARN
Would prove to be nae coof.
Now we can see quite clear,
That what she told came right;
So now we are a met here
To honor the Bard tonight.
SO now friends Wen unite
An let our voices be heard,
I'm sure you'll think 1t right
To give hOuOr to ''Scotland's Bard"
The fame of Burns will shine,
Though but plOwman reared,
In every land and cline,
His name shall be reveared.
Then hurrah for our native land,
The pace that gave US birth,
May she the foremost stand
Among the powers on earth.
Who fights her will think IL no fun,
For she strikes wi terrible whack,
And she's plenty O. Draw strappin' sons
Aye ready to stand at her back.
There is Draw "Boardy chields' fra tn
Herlands,
An likewise true men fra he South,
Who still hae the same Scottish feelings
They haze IN the days O. their youth.
SO let us be social together,
An fling dull care ava
An in honor O. Scotia" our mither,
Wen dance till we're like for to IA.
The curriers' will a. be here
WI staries and ''bissoms'' to play,
WI Geordy their Skip fu' o. cheer
An "the man you don't meet every
day."
They are here from al the creation,
IIlxy' big sled with load,
There's witty Jim Brown frAe the static:
An likewise our friend from the Cobb
An Christy, the piper is coming,
An fou' loudly the Gallant can blow.
He aye keeps the bagpipes humming,
To drive the saudi deviP' ava.
The lads and lassies sac bonnie,
Are come for to dance in the ha,
To the music o. Fiddler johnnie,
An Chris wi his bagpipes an a.
I'll now conclude my rhyme,
And wish You Happy New Year, -
And at some future time.
If I should meet you here,
I'll sing with all my might
Whoever on me you ca,
bid you a. gind night,
And Joy be wi We a.
The piper" being present the older
'iks enjoyed themselves IN dancing a
ouble Scotch reel. The young fair sex
ere few, but enjoyment of some kind
as kept up by both young and old
II the "wee sma hours" when hands
ere joined in singing "Auld Lang
1ne," and what was wanting in mem
srs was made up IN enthusiasm, and
lis closed another of these famous
Itherings.
A meeting of the club is called on the
cond Saturday of June, 1888, at the
sidence of Joseph Dobie. Sterling, for
e purpose of talking about reorganl-
tion and having semi-annual meetings.
'otch games of all kinds and game of
se ball will be on the program.