THE WEE, WEE GERMAN LAIRDIE.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 11, Issue 475, 21 April 1920, Page 5

THE WEE, WEE GERMAN LAIRDIE.

Wha the Deil hao we gotten for a j King ' I I But a wee, wee German lairdie? !. Anrl when they gaert to bring him 1 liamc He was delvin in his kaii-yardie, •Sleushin , kail and -layin. , leek?. j Without tho hoso and but. tho brinks, j Then up bis besfrar duds lie olecks, j This wro, wee Gorman lairdie. j i Gome up ainon.? our lloilan hills, i Thou woe, wee German -iairdie. And see the Stuarts' lans Kail thrive, We hae dibbed in our kail-yardie, And if a slock ye daur to pu'. Or hand the yokin' o' a plough, We'll brak your sceptre, ower your niou', Ye feckless German lairdie. Auld Scotland, ihou'rl owre cauld a hole For nursin' siccan vermin; Bui the very doss in England's t'ourt, They bark and howl in German. Then keep thy dibble in thy am hand, Thy spado but and Iliy yaivdic, For wha the Doil now claims our land But a. wee, woe German lairdie? —Robert Burns.