When man is on enjoyment bent,
O' aftermath he should tak' tent,
An' no abuse John Barleycorn,
Or life o' pleesure will be shorn.
[1] A natural pot formation in the bare rock in the middle of the
burn, about twenty yards down from the foot-path from which, if a
fisher, in the morning, out of three stones put one in the lucky pot,
his luck was in for that day.
[2] Captain of Dragoons searching for Covenanters amongst the hills.
[3] One of the hunted Covenanters.
[4] Graham of Claverhouse, of whom many marvellous stories have been
told.