Song
Fragment
from Chambers'
Traditions of Edinburgh, 1829 ed.
:
This is an evocative
remnant:
A lady gaed up the Parliament Stairs,
Wi' pendles in her lugs sae bonnie;
Mony a lord lifted his hat.
'S co sheinneas an fhideag airgid?
Co theireadh nach seinninn, sheinninn,
Co theireadh nach seinninn fhin í?