[
  {
    "title": "519. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "FY, let us a’ to Kirkcudbright,",
      "  For there will be bickerin’ there;",
      "For Murray’s light horse are to muster,",
      "  And O how the heroes will swear!",
      "And there will be Murray, Commander,",
      "  And Gordon, the battle to win;",
      "Like brothers they’ll stand by each other,",
      "  Sae knit in alliance and kin.",
      "",
      "",
      "And there will be black-nebbit Johnie,",
      "  The tongue o’ the trump to them a’;",
      "An he get na Hell for his haddin’,",
      "  The Deil gets na justice ava.",
      "And there will be Kempleton’s birkie,",
      "  A boy no sae black at the bane;",
      "But as to his fine Nabob fortune,",
      "  We’ll e’en let the subject alane.",
      "",
      "",
      "And there will be Wigton’s new Sheriff;",
      "  Dame Justice fu’ brawly has sped,",
      "She’s gotten the heart of a Bushby,",
      "  But, Lord! what’s become o’ the head?",
      "And there will be Cardoness, Esquire,",
      "  Sae mighty in Cardoness’ eyes;",
      "A wight that will weather damnation,",
      "  The Devil the prey will despise.",
      "",
      "",
      "And there will be Douglasses doughty,",
      "  New christening towns far and near;",
      "Abjuring their democrat doings,",
      "  By kissin’ the —— o’ a Peer:",
      "And there will be folk frae Saint Mary’s",
      "  A house o’ great merit and note;",
      "The deil ane but honours them highly—",
      "  The deil ane will gie them his vote!",
      "",
      "",
      "And there will be Kenmure sae gen’rous,",
      "  Whose honour is proof to the storm,",
      "To save them from stark reprobation,",
      "  He lent them his name in the Firm.",
      "And there will be lads o’ the gospel,",
      "  Muirhead wha’s as gude as he’s true;",
      "And there will be Buittle’s Apostle,",
      "  Wha’s mair o’ the black than the blue.",
      "",
      "",
      "And there will be Logan M’Dowall,",
      "  Sculdudd’ry an’ he will be there,",
      "And also the Wild Scot o’ Galloway,",
      "  Sogering, gunpowder Blair.",
      "But we winna mention Redcastle,",
      "  The body, e’en let him escape!",
      "He’d venture the gallows for siller,",
      "  An ’twere na the cost o’ the rape.",
      "",
      "",
      "But where is the Doggerbank hero,",
      "  That made “Hogan Mogan” to skulk?",
      "Poor Keith’s gane to hell to be fuel,",
      "  The auld rotten wreck of a Hulk.",
      "And where is our King’s Lord Lieutenant,",
      "  Sae fam’d for his gratefu’ return?",
      "The birkie is gettin’ his Questions",
      "  To say in Saint Stephen’s the morn.",
      "",
      "",
      "But mark ye! there’s trusty Kerroughtree,",
      "  Whose honor was ever his law;",
      "If the Virtues were pack’d in a parcel,",
      "  His worth might be sample for a’;",
      "And strang an’ respectfu’s his backing,",
      "  The maist o’ the lairds wi’ him stand;",
      "Nae gipsy-like nominal barons,",
      "  Wha’s property’s paper—not land.",
      "",
      "",
      "And there, frae the Niddisdale borders,",
      "  The Maxwells will gather in droves,",
      "Teugh Jockie, staunch Geordie, an’ Wellwood,",
      "  That griens for the fishes and loaves;",
      "And there will be Heron, the Major,",
      "  Wha’ll ne’er be forgot in the Greys;",
      "Our flatt’ry we’ll keep for some other,",
      "  HIM, only it’s justice to praise.",
      "",
      "",
      "And there will be maiden Kilkerran,",
      "  And also Barskimming’s gude Knight,",
      "And there will be roarin Birtwhistle,",
      "  Yet luckily roars i’ the right.",
      "And there’ll be Stamp Office Johnie,",
      "  (Tak tent how ye purchase a dram!)",
      "And there will be gay Cassencarry,",
      "  And there’ll be gleg Colonel Tam.",
      "",
      "",
      "And there’ll be wealthy young Richard,",
      "  Dame Fortune should hing by the neck,",
      "For prodigal, thriftless bestowing—",
      "  His merit had won him respect.",
      "And there will be rich brother Nabobs,",
      "  (Tho’ Nabobs, yet men not the worst,)",
      "And there will be Collieston’s whiskers,",
      "  And Quintin—a lad o’ the first.",
      "",
      "",
      "Then hey! the chaste Interest o’ Broughton",
      "  And hey! for the blessin’s ’twill bring;",
      "It may send Balmaghie to the Commons,",
      "  In Sodom ’twould make him a king;",
      "And hey! for the sanctified Murray,",
      "  Our land wha wi’ chapels has stor’d;",
      "He founder’d his horse among harlots,",
      "  But gied the auld naig to the Lord."
    ],
    "linecount": "96"
  }
]