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T: KAIL BROSE O' AULD SCOTLAND
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.133-136
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
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w: When our an-cient fore-fa-thers a-
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w: greed wi' the laird, For a piece o' gude grund* to
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w: be a kail-yard, It was to the brose than they
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w: paid their re-gard: O! the kail-brose of auld
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w: Scot-land, And O!* the Scot-tish kail-brose.*
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W:2.When Fergus, the first of our kings, I suppose,
W:  At the head of his nobles had vanquish'd our foes,
W:  Just before they began, they'd been feasting on brose.
W:      O! the kail-brose, &c.
W:
W:3.Our sodgers were drest in their kilts and short hose,
W:  Wi' their bonnets and belts, which their dress did compose,
W:  And a bag of oat-meal on their backs to be brose.
W:      O! the kail-brose, &c.
W:
W:4.At our annual elections for bailies or mayor,
W:  Nae kickshaws o' puddings or tarts were seen there;
W:  But a cog o" gude brose was the favourite fare.
W:      O! the kail-brose, &c.
W:
W:5.But now since the thistle is joined to the rose,
W:  And the English nae langer are counted our foes,
W:  We've lost a great deal o' our relish for brose.
W:      O! the kail-brose, &c.
W:
W:6.Yet each true-hearted Scotsman, by nature jocose.
W:  Likes always to feast on a cog o' gude brose;
W:  And thanks be to heav'n, we've yet plenty of those.
W:      O! the kail-brose, &c.
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