Poems and Songs of R Elegy On Willie Nicols Mare

elegy on willie nicol's mare

peg nicholson was a good bay mare,

as ever trod on airn;

but now she's floating down the nith,

and past the mouth o' cairn.

peg nicholson was a good bay mare,

an' rode thro' thick and thin;

but now she's floating down the nith,

and wanting even the skin.

peg nicholson was a good bay mare,

and ance she bore a priest;

but now she's floating down the nith,

for solway fish a feast.

peg nicholson was a good bay mare,

an' the priest he rode her sair;

and much oppress'd and bruis'd she was,

as priest-rid cattle are,—&c. &c.