HEY FOR COQUET 7 145 



Sharperton streams, we are comin' ! 



Halystane, greet us wi' glee ! 

 Bothbury, deep i' the gloamin' 



We'll bring our first creelfu' to thee I 

 An' Alwinton, Harbottle, Hepple, 



If the great trout, the glorious an' strang, 

 Still sport i' your current's quick ripple, 



We'll measure their inches ere lang ! 

 Up, angler, off \vi' each shackle, etc. 



From Blind-burn, 'midst crag an' hill-hollow, 



To Warkworth, anear the salt main, 

 Each turn o' fair Coquet we'll follow, 



Each haunt o' our childhood regain ! 

 At Thropton we winna dissemble 



Fu' hearts, nor at Harbottle-hold, 

 An' at Weldon, wi' voices a-tremble, 



We'll pledge THE GREAT FISHERS o' AULD ! 

 Up, angler, off wi' each shackle, etc. 



We'll see if the Sharperton lasses 



Are winsome, as in our young days 

 If they'll rin to the ringin' o' glasses, 



Or the lilt o' the auld merry lays. 

 Oh ! we'll shake off the years wi' our laughter, 



We'll wash out our wrinkles wi' dew, 

 An' reckless o' what may come after, 



We'll revel in boyhood anew 



Up, angler, off wi' each shackle, etc. 

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