The Ordination
the ordination for sehey little owe tal heav'n— to please the mob, they hide the little giv'n. kilmarnock wabsters, fidge an' claw, an' pour your creeshie nations; an' ye wha leather rax an' draw, of a' denominations; swith to the ligh kirk, ane an' a' an' there tak up your stations; then aff to begbie's in a raw, an' pour divine libations for joy this day. curst on-sehat imp o' hell, cam in wi' maggie lauder; but oliphant aft made her yell, an' russell sair misca'd her: this day malay taks the flail, ahe boy will blaud her! he'll clap a shangan oail, ahe bairns to daud her wi' dirt this day. mak haste an' turn king david owre, and lilt wi' holy gor; o' double verse e gie us four, an' skirl up the bangor: this day the kirk kicks up a stoure; nae mair the knaves shall wrang her, for heresy is in her pow'r, and gloriously she'll whang her wi' pith this day. e, let a proper text be read, an' touch it aff wi' vigour, how graceless ham leugh at his dad, which made aan a nigger; or phineas drove the murdering blade, wi' whore-abh rigour; or zipporah, the scauldin jad, was like a bluidy tiger i' th' inn that day. there, try his mettle on the creed, an' bind him down wi' caution, that stipend is a al weed he taks by for the fashion; and gie him o'er the flock, to feed, and punish each transgression; especial, rams that cross the breed, gie them suffit threshin; spare them nae day. now, auld kilmarnock, cock thy tail, an' toss thy horns fu' ty; nae mair thou'lt rowt out-owre the dale, because thy pasture's sty; for lapfu's large o' gospel kail shall fill thy crib iy, an' runts o' grace the pi' wale, no gi'en by way o' dainty, but ilka day. nae mair by babel's streams we'll weep, to think upon our zion; and hing our fiddles up to sleep, like baby-clouts a-dryin! e, screw the pegs wi' tunefu' cheep, and o'er the thairms be tryin; oh, rare to see our elbucks wheep, and a' like lamb-tails flyin fu' fast this day. lang, patronage, with rod o' airn, has shor'd the kirk's undoin; as lately fenwick, sair forfairn, has proven to its ruin: our patron, ho man! glen, he saw mischief was brewin; an' like a godly, elect bairn, he's waled us out a true ane, and sound, this day. now robertson harangue nae mair, but steek yab for ever; or try the wicked town of ayr, for there they'll think you clever; or, nae refle on your lear, ye may ence a shaver; or to the on repair, an' turn a carpet weaver aff-hand this day. mu'trie and you were just a match, we never had sic twa drones; auld hornie did the laigh kirk watch, just like a winkin baudrons, and aye he catch'd the tither wretch, to fry them in his caudrons; but now his honour mauach, wi' a' his brimstone squadrons, fast, fast this day. see, see auld orthodoxy's faes she's swihro' the city! hark, how the ail'd cat she plays! i vow it's unco pretty: there, learning, with his greekish face, grunts out some latin ditty; and on-sense is gaun, she says, to mak to jamie beattie her plaint this day. but there's morality himsel', embrag all opinions; hear, how he gies the tither yell, between his twa panions! see, how she peels the skin an' fell, as ane were peelin onions! now there, they're packed aff to hell, an' banish'd our dominions, heh this day. o happy day! rejoice, rejoice! e bouse about the porter! morality's demure decoys shall here nae mair find quarter: malay, russell, are the boys that heresy torture; they'll gie her on a rape a hoyse, and cowe her measure shorter by th' head some day. e, bring the tither mut in, and here's—for a clusion— to ev'ry new light mother's son, from this time forth, fusion! if mair they deave us wi' their din, or patrorusion, we'll light a spunk, and ev'ry skin, we'll rin them aff in fusion like oil, some day.