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Tune.—“Buy broom besoms.”

Wha will buy my troggin,

Fine election ware;

Broken trade o’ Broughton,

A’ in high repair.

Buy braw troggin,

Frae the banks o’ Dee;

Wha wants troggin

Let him come to me.

There’s a noble Earl’s[129]

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[130]

In a needle’s ee;

Here’s a reputation

Tint by Balmaghie.

Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here’s an honest conscience

Might a prince adorn;

Frae the downs o’ Tinwald—[131]

So was never worn.

Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here’s its stuff and lining,

Cardoness’[132] head;

Fine for a sodger

A’ the wale o’ lead.

Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here’s a little wadset

Buittle’s[133] scrap o’ truth,

Pawn’d in a gin-shop

Quenching holy drouth.

Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here’s armorial bearings

Frae the manse o’ Urr;[134]

The crest, an auld crab-apple

Rotten at the core.

Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here is Satan’s picture,

Like a bizzard gled,

Pouncing poor Redcastle,[135]

Sprawlin’ as a taed.

Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here’s the worth and wisdom

Collieston[136] can boast;

By a thievish midge

They had been nearly lost.

Buy braw troggin, &c.

Here is Murray’s fragments

O’ the ten commands;

Gifted by black Jock[137]

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,

Frae the banks o’ Dee;

Wha wants troggin

Let him come to me.