Benny 'Ill not Gan Te Scheul!

                      Teun--"The Croppy Boy."

                      "Me eyes thor sair, an' me heart is full,
                      Cas me bony bairn he'll not gawn te scheul;
                      Tho he's ten eers aud, he's as big a dunce
                      As ivor ye'll see wi' yor two eyes at once."

                      Korus. Teun- Banks o' Benlomond."

                      "Benny's gan the rang road, he's gan the road te ruin,
                      An' the feelins ov his muther he's distressin,,
                      For his heed's byeth thick an' dull, an' he plays the wag frae scheul,
                      An' he winnet stop at hyem an' lairn his lesson!"

                      "It's an awful thing-mind, it is indeed,
                      Te think that he cannot yit even reed
                      His nyem, if it's put before his eyes:
                      But he's like his fethur-an' he was nivor wise!

                      "But he's sure te rue'd when it's over late,
                      An' blame his muther for his ignorant state;
                      He'll want te reed when he cannet lairn,--
                      For a man can nivvor say A, B, C's like a bairn!

                      "His fethur just laffs at the silly lad,
                      But what pleases him myeks the muther bad;
                      For hoo can Ben read if he cannet spell,--
                      Then God help the lad, for he cannet help his-sel!"

                      --Joe Wilson