If I could have seen our laddies there below, why, the Huns could have seen them too.

Every nicht I'd auction off a copy to the highest bidderthe money tae gae tae the puir wounded laddies in Scotland.

"The're coming; cock the piece, ye sumph!" cried the laddie, while his red hair rose, from his pow like feathers.

We maun not encourage those laddies tae tak' it tae easy the noo.

Ye'll find the laddies, Missus, and Miss Beuly, and Miss Maud, and ye'll give my humble respects to 'em alldivil the bit, now, will ye be overlooking either of the t'ree, but ye'll do yer errand genteely and like a laddy yerselfand ye'll give my jewty and respects to 'em all, I tells ye, and say that Michael O'Hearn asks the honour of being allowed to wish 'em good morning.

John beckoned to him, and he handed my laddie a cablegram.

We ha' na' heard 'The Laddies Who Fought and Won,' Harry.

I'd known those laddies since they were bits o' bairns, most of them.

But John lies sleepin' wi' many another braw laddie, oot there in France.

"Eh, Jock," I asked the laddie who gave it to me.

We maun no' be reminding the laddies a' the time that they're different noo frae ither folk.

For I knew that if they sent me to the Hieland Brigade they would be sending me to the front of the front linefor that was where I would have to go seeking the Hieland laddies!

I've seen sic a laddie get into a 'bus or a railway carriage.

They rose to me again, and cheered and cheered, after I had finished singing "The Laddies Who Fought and Won."

But there were others that skulked and hid, and tried to stab the laddies who were doing the fichtin' in the back.

My audience reassembled, and I struck up "The Laddies Who Fought and Won" again.

Grizel," he would cry sternly, "dinna tell me to think less o' that laddie.

But it's no the sort of work I'm thinking laddies like those who've fought the Hun and won the war for Britain and humanity wull be keen tae be doing in the future.

And then I organized my recruiting bandHieland laddies, wha went up and doon the land, skirling the pipes and beating the drum.

I hope well, for he was aye a gallant laddie!"

They had earned their rest, those laddies who were going home to Britain.