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Or, Lizzie Mudie's Ghost.

Sum time since a Skipper was gawn iv his keel,

His heart like a lion, his fyece like the Deil:

He was steering hissel, as he'd oft duin before,

When at au'd Lizzie Mudie's his keel ran ashore.

Fal de ral la, &c.

The skipper was vext when his keel ran ashore,

So for Geordy and Pee Dee he loudly did roar:

They lower'd the sail—but it a' waddent dee;

Sae he click'd up a coal and maist fell'd the Pee Dee.

Fal de ral, &c.

In the midst of their trouble, not knawn what to do,

A voice from the shore gravely cried out, 'Hoo Hoo!'

How now, 'Mister Hoo Hoo! is thou myekin fun,

Or is this the first keel that thou e'er saw agrun?'

Fal de ral, &c.

Agyen it cried 'Hoo! Hoo!' the skipper he stampt,

And sung out for Geordy to heave out the plank:

Iv a raving mad passion he curs'd and he swore,

'Aw'll hoo-hoo thou, thou b—r, when aw cum ashore!'

Fal de ral, &c.

Wiv a coal in each hand, ashore then he went,

To kill Mister Hoo-hoo it was his intent:

But when he gat there, O what his surprize!

When back he cam running—'O Geordy!' he cries.

Fal de ral, &c.

'Wey, whe dis thou think hes been myekin this gam?

Aw'll lay thou my wallet thou'll not guess his nyem;'—

'Is't the Ghost of au'd Lizzie?'—'O no no, thou fool, it

Is nae ghost at all, but—an au'd Jenny Hoolet!'

Fal de ral, &c.