Song - Rattlin, Roarin Willie

Portrait of Robert Burns
Robert Burns 1759–1796
150Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

AS 1 I cam by Crochallan, I cannilie keekit ben; Rattlin’, roarin’ Willie Was sittin at yon boord-en’; Sittin at yon boord-en, And amang gude companie; Rattlin’, roarin’ Willie, You’re welcome hame to me!

Note 1. William Dunbar, W. S., of the Crochallan Fencibles, a convivial club.

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