[
  {
    "title": "297. Election Ballad for Westerha’",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "THE LADDIES by the banks o’ Nith",
      "  Wad trust his Grace 1 wi a’, Jamie;",
      "But he’ll sair them, as he sair’d the King—",
      "  Turn tail and rin awa’, Jamie.",
      "",
      "",
      "Chorus.—Up and waur them a’, Jamie,",
      "  Up and waur them a’;",
      "The Johnstones hae the guidin o’t,",
      "  Ye turncoat Whigs, awa’!",
      "",
      "",
      "The day he stude his country’s friend,",
      "  Or gied her faes a claw, Jamie,",
      "Or frae puir man a blessin wan,",
      "  That day the Duke ne’er saw, Jamie.",
      "    Up and waur them, &c.",
      "",
      "",
      "But wha is he, his country’s boast?",
      "  Like him there is na twa, Jamie;",
      "There’s no a callent tents the kye,",
      "  But kens o’ Westerha’, Jamie.",
      "    Up and waur them, &c.",
      "",
      "",
      "To end the wark, here’s Whistlebirk,",
      "  Lang may his whistle blaw, Jamie;",
      "And Maxwell true, o’ sterling blue;",
      "  And we’ll be Johnstones a’, Jamie.",
      "    Up and waur them, &c."
    ],
    "linecount": "23"
  }
]