Elegy on Peg Nicholson
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,
And 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.
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