Ere our wrongs be forgot, or our vengeance unfelt Then gather, gather, gather, Grigalach! Gather, gather, gather, &c. or other to the property or possession of Craig Royston, a domain of rock and forest, lying on the east side of Loch Lomond, where that beautiful lake stretches into the dusky mountains of Glenfalloch."-Introduction to Rob Roy, Waverley Novels, vol. vii. p. 31.] DONALD CAIRD'S COME AGAIN.1 AIR-" Malcolm Caird's come again." 2 CHORUS. DONALD CAIRD's come again! Donald Caird can lilt and sing, Or crack a pow wi' ony man; 1[Written for Albyn's Anthology, vol. ii. 1818, and set to music in Mr. Thomson's Collection, in 1822.] 2 Caird signifies Tinker. Tell the news in brugh and glen, Donald Caird's come again! Donald Caird can wire a maukin, He can wauk when they are sleepers; Dare ye mell wi' Donald Caird. Donald Caird's come again! Donald Caird can drink a gill Donald Caird's come again! Steek the amrie, lock the kist, Donald Caird's come again! On Donald Caird the doom was stern, Craig to tether, legs to airn; But Donald Caird wi' mickle study, Caught the gift to cheat the wuddie; Rings of airn, and bolts of steel, Fell like ice frae hand and heel! Watch the sheep in fauld and glen, Donald Caird's come again! Donald Caird's come again! Donald Caird's come again! Dinna let the Justice ken Donald Caird's come again! 1 [Mr. D. Thomson, of Galashiels, produced a parody on this song at an annual dinner of the manufacturers there, which Sir Walter Scott usually attended; and the Poet was highly amused with a sly allusion to his twofold character of Sheriff of Selkirkshire, and author-suspect of "Rob Roy," in the chorus, "Think ye does the Shirra ken |