Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HERON BALLADS: 4. NEW SONG OF A SEDITIOUS PAMPHLET, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poet's Biography First Line: Wha will buy my troggin, fine election ware Last Line: Buy braw troggin, &c. Subject(s): Elections; Voting; Voters; Suffrage | ||||||||
Wha will buy my troggin, fine election ware, Broken trade o' Broughton, a' in high repair? Chorus -- Buy braw troggin frae the banks o' Dee; Wha wants troggin let him come to me. There's a noble Earl's fame and high renown, For an auld sang -- it's thought the gudes were stown -- Buy braw troggin, &c. Here's the worth o' Broughton in a needle's e'e; Here's a reputation tint by Balmaghie. Buy braw troggin, &c. Here's its stuff and lining, Cardoness' head, Fine for a soger, a' the wale o' lead. Buy braw troggin, &c. Here's a little wadset, Buittle's scrap o' truth, Pawn'd in a gin-shop, quenching holy drouth. Buy braw troggin, &c. Here's an honest conscience might a prince adorn; Frae the downs o' Tinwald, so was never worn. Buy braw troggin, &c. Here's armorial bearings frae the manse o' Urr; The crest, a sour crab-apple, rotten at the core. Buy braw troggin, &c. Here's the worth and wisdom Collieston can boast; By a thievish midge they had been nearly lost. Buy braw troggin, &c. Here is Satan's picture, like a bizzard gled, Pouncing poor Redcastle, sprawlin' like a taed. Buy braw troggin, &c. Here's the font where Douglas stane and mortar names; Lately used at Caily christening Murray's crimes. Buy braw troggin, &c. Here is Murray's fragments o' the ten commands; Gifted by black Jock to get them aff his hands. Buy braw troggin, &c. Saw ye e'er sic troggin? if to buy ye're slack, Hornie's turnin chapman -- he'll buy a' the pack. Buy braw troggin, &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INAUGURATION DAY: JANUARY 1953 by ROBERT LOWELL THE DEMONSTRATION by GREGORY ORR YOUNG SAMMY'S FIRST WILD OATS by GEORGE SANTAYANA ON A GREAT ELECTION; EPIGRAM by HILAIRE BELLOC THE BIGLOW PAPERS: 3. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN'S TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE; ELECTION BALLAD by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY COLORED HEROES, HARK THE BUGLE; POLITICAL by ROBERT CHARLES O'HARA BENJAMIN SUFFRAGE MARCHING-SONG by LOUIS JAMES BLOCK AN ELECTION BALLAD by ROBERT BURNS |
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