I didna ken my own self just what I was thinking aboot New York and America.

I'm a gude Scot, but I'm thinkin' I didna tak' up gowf early enough in life.

I didna ken hoo

sae winsomely 's ye ride, Wi' baith your feet upon ae side; Sae weel ye're harnessed, and sae trig, In troth ye sit like ony bride!" The night, tho' wat, they didna mind, But hied them on fu' merrilie Until they cam' to Cholerford brae, Where the water ran baith deep and hie.

I'm a gude Scot, but I'm thinkin' I didna tak' up gowf early enough in life.

But a still stricter observance was shown by a native of Kirkcaldy, who, when asked by his companion drover in the south of Scotland "why he didna whistle," quietly answered, "I canna, man; it's our fast-day in Kirkcaldy."