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September 19, 1857
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September 19-, J 85?'. i
PWNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
KINREEN O' THE DEE
A PIOERACII HEARD WAILING DOWN GLEN TANNER ON THE EXILE OP
THREE GENERATIONS.
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Ocli hey, Kinreen o' the Dee!
I'll blaw rip my chanter,
I Ve rounded fu' weel,
To mony a ranter,
A NICE YOUNG WOMAN WANTED EOR A
SMALL PARTY.
In spite of the profoundness of our penetrating powers, there are
occasionally mysteries too deep for us to plumb ; and such a one we
meet with in the following advertisement, which has been lately sent
us by a gentleman in Liverpool to endeavour to unravel for him :—
WANTED, immediately, a respectable Female, not less than 30 years
of age, to take the full charge of a Dairy in a Baronet's family. Applicants
must have held a similar s-ituatiou, and be well recommended. Also, a respectable
Young Woman to Attend upon Two Young Ladies, several Housemaids, Three
UppertDitto, Two Waitresses, several Cooks, and at least 30 Protestant Servants of
All Work. Apply at the Liverpool Domestic Institution, 24, Mount Pleasant.
I N.B. In consequence of the great demand for Protestant Servants of All Work, the
ill mony a reel, _ _ proprietress of the above-named establishment, in order to supply the increased
An' pour'd a' my heart i' the Will' ! demand, has determined to reduce the Fee of Servants of All Work to a small
ba"" wi' alee • i "otlimai charge. Any number of respectable Servants can obtain Situations daily
° — ° ' - ■' ' 1 by applying as above.
Passing, as a problem quite easy of solution, the said existence of
" a dairy in a baronet's family," we approach, with a full consciousness
of our impending bewilderment, the contemplation of the sentence
which appears to ns a fathomless abyss of quite inexplicable mystery.
A respectable young woman is immediately wanted, to attend, not
only " upon two young ladies," but also on a countless number and
variety of most oddly mixed together people, including several cooks
and housemaids, and " at least thirty maids of all work." The idea of
these latter having advertised themselves as wanting some one to
attend on them is really so preposterous that we have twice rubbed
up our spectacles to see if we have read the paragraph aright; but as
we cannot charge our glasses with deceiving us, we are compelled
to accept the evidence of our senses that the words which so perplex
us are actuaHy in print. Prom the enumeration which is given, it
would seem there are no less than thirty-seven persons stated for the
wanted one to wait upon, and including the two " severals," the total
number hardly can fail short of half a hundred. The young woman
who would rashly undertake to attend upon so many must not only be
" respectable," but somewhat superhuman. With so many mistresses
to see to, she indeed had need of half the eyes of Argus, and the
attendance which is looked for at her hands could only be performed
by a female Briareus. Although the epithet is coupled with the
thirty maids of all work, it is not stated whether the applicant is expected
to be Protestant as well as respectable; but assuredly the work which
she is "wanted" to perform is such as any single servant might
reasonably protest against.
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
licht wis the laughter in
bonny Kinreen,
bcht wis the footfa' that
glanced o'er the green,
Hcht ware the hearts a' an'
lichtsome the eyne,
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
The auld hoose is bare noo,
A cauld hoose to me,
The hearth is nae mair noo,
The centre o' glee,
Nae mair for the bairnies the bield it has been,
Och hey, for bonny Kinreen!
The auld folk, the young folk, the wee anes, an' a',
A hunder years' name birds are harried awa',
Are harried an' nameless, whatever winds blaw,
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee ! &c.
Pare weel my auld pleugh lan',
I '11 never mair pleugh it:
Pareweel my auld cairt an'
The auld yaud * that drew it.
Pareweel my auld kailyard, ilk bush an' ilk tree !
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
Pareweel the auld'braes, that my hand keepit green,
Pareweel the auld ways where we waunder'd unseen,
Pre the star o' my hearth came to bonny Kinreen,
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee ! &c.
The auld kirk looks up o'er
The dreesome auld dead,
Like a saint speakin' hope o'er
Some sorrowfu' bed.
Pareweel the auld kirk, an' fareweel the kirk green,
They tell o' a far better hame than Kinreen!
The place we wad cling to—puir simple auld fides,
0' our births an' our bridals, oor blesses an' dools,
Whare oor wee bits o' bairnies lie cauld i the mools,t
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee ! &c.
I aft times hae wunder'd
If deer be as dear,
As sweet ties o' kindred,
To peasant or peer;
As the tie to the names o' the land born be,
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
The heather that blossoms unkent o' the moor,
TRIBUTE TO LORD PALMERSTON.
We believe it no secret, or even if it be, we see no cause to scruple
in the slightest to divulge it, that it is intended to present some
small memento to Lord Palmerston, in admiring recognition of the
indefatigable manner in which he has sat through the late protracted
session. It is rare that such activity as the noble Viscount's is
combined with so excelling sedentary faculties. It is considered by
good judges, that the way in which he placidly sat out the opposition,
until they ceased to hinder him from passing the Divorce Bill, was
really quite a masterpiece of sedentary tactics. Indeed, taking into
thought the advanced time of life at which it was accomplished, the
noble lord may fairly be congratulated upon his physical endurance
and good state of preservation.
It is as yet undecided what the tribute shall consist of, and sug-
gestions are requested as to what will be most suitable. A model of
Patience, sitting, not upon a monument, but on a hardish seat in
Parliament, has, we understand, been hinted as appropriate; and, cer-
tainly, if Patience ever be personified, Lord Palmerston, as Premier,
is just the man to do it. It is reported also, that an eminent sculptor
has (of course) thought of a statue, as being the most fitting gift by
Wad™in^TsttloXhip^ tett"greenhoo"SeTT'rn sure, ™ Je Britis^ ,nation ™? fiex?r«ss lts S^titude: and> ^ idea
To the wunder o' mony a fairv land dure. °n> shall«xPect, *° find lt "i w Y ™en j0Da1^
Och hev, Kinreen o' the Dee ! &c. dx$ fashion-the noble lord being made the subject of an allegory,
; which an appended explanation only serves to mate more
Though little the thing be, fathomless.
Oor ain we can ca'; Por ourselves, were we consulted (as of course we shall be), we
That little we cling be, [ should consider that his lordship has a mind more practical than most,
and we should therefore recommend a gift of rather use than ornament.
We think an easy chair, now, would be an aptiy suited present to one
who has displayed such sedentary prowess: and an inscription might
be carved on it, stating that the gift had nationally been made to one
of the most powerful of public sitters, with the classic motto, (in
proper keeping with his lordship's scholarship)—
The mair that it's sma' _
Though puir wis oor hame, an' thogh wild wis the scene,
'Twas the hame o' oor hearts : it was bonnie Kinreen.
An yet we maun leave it, baith grey head an' bairn;
Leave it to fatten the deer o' Cock-Cairn,
0' Pannanich wuds, an' o' Morven o' Gairn.
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
hae Fareweel forever Kinreen o' the Dee !
* Mare. * Earth.
Epistolary Rule —Never cross your letters. Cross-writing only
causes cross reading
PWNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
KINREEN O' THE DEE
A PIOERACII HEARD WAILING DOWN GLEN TANNER ON THE EXILE OP
THREE GENERATIONS.
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Ocli hey, Kinreen o' the Dee!
I'll blaw rip my chanter,
I Ve rounded fu' weel,
To mony a ranter,
A NICE YOUNG WOMAN WANTED EOR A
SMALL PARTY.
In spite of the profoundness of our penetrating powers, there are
occasionally mysteries too deep for us to plumb ; and such a one we
meet with in the following advertisement, which has been lately sent
us by a gentleman in Liverpool to endeavour to unravel for him :—
WANTED, immediately, a respectable Female, not less than 30 years
of age, to take the full charge of a Dairy in a Baronet's family. Applicants
must have held a similar s-ituatiou, and be well recommended. Also, a respectable
Young Woman to Attend upon Two Young Ladies, several Housemaids, Three
UppertDitto, Two Waitresses, several Cooks, and at least 30 Protestant Servants of
All Work. Apply at the Liverpool Domestic Institution, 24, Mount Pleasant.
I N.B. In consequence of the great demand for Protestant Servants of All Work, the
ill mony a reel, _ _ proprietress of the above-named establishment, in order to supply the increased
An' pour'd a' my heart i' the Will' ! demand, has determined to reduce the Fee of Servants of All Work to a small
ba"" wi' alee • i "otlimai charge. Any number of respectable Servants can obtain Situations daily
° — ° ' - ■' ' 1 by applying as above.
Passing, as a problem quite easy of solution, the said existence of
" a dairy in a baronet's family," we approach, with a full consciousness
of our impending bewilderment, the contemplation of the sentence
which appears to ns a fathomless abyss of quite inexplicable mystery.
A respectable young woman is immediately wanted, to attend, not
only " upon two young ladies," but also on a countless number and
variety of most oddly mixed together people, including several cooks
and housemaids, and " at least thirty maids of all work." The idea of
these latter having advertised themselves as wanting some one to
attend on them is really so preposterous that we have twice rubbed
up our spectacles to see if we have read the paragraph aright; but as
we cannot charge our glasses with deceiving us, we are compelled
to accept the evidence of our senses that the words which so perplex
us are actuaHy in print. Prom the enumeration which is given, it
would seem there are no less than thirty-seven persons stated for the
wanted one to wait upon, and including the two " severals," the total
number hardly can fail short of half a hundred. The young woman
who would rashly undertake to attend upon so many must not only be
" respectable," but somewhat superhuman. With so many mistresses
to see to, she indeed had need of half the eyes of Argus, and the
attendance which is looked for at her hands could only be performed
by a female Briareus. Although the epithet is coupled with the
thirty maids of all work, it is not stated whether the applicant is expected
to be Protestant as well as respectable; but assuredly the work which
she is "wanted" to perform is such as any single servant might
reasonably protest against.
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
licht wis the laughter in
bonny Kinreen,
bcht wis the footfa' that
glanced o'er the green,
Hcht ware the hearts a' an'
lichtsome the eyne,
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
The auld hoose is bare noo,
A cauld hoose to me,
The hearth is nae mair noo,
The centre o' glee,
Nae mair for the bairnies the bield it has been,
Och hey, for bonny Kinreen!
The auld folk, the young folk, the wee anes, an' a',
A hunder years' name birds are harried awa',
Are harried an' nameless, whatever winds blaw,
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee ! &c.
Pare weel my auld pleugh lan',
I '11 never mair pleugh it:
Pareweel my auld cairt an'
The auld yaud * that drew it.
Pareweel my auld kailyard, ilk bush an' ilk tree !
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
Pareweel the auld'braes, that my hand keepit green,
Pareweel the auld ways where we waunder'd unseen,
Pre the star o' my hearth came to bonny Kinreen,
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee ! &c.
The auld kirk looks up o'er
The dreesome auld dead,
Like a saint speakin' hope o'er
Some sorrowfu' bed.
Pareweel the auld kirk, an' fareweel the kirk green,
They tell o' a far better hame than Kinreen!
The place we wad cling to—puir simple auld fides,
0' our births an' our bridals, oor blesses an' dools,
Whare oor wee bits o' bairnies lie cauld i the mools,t
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee ! &c.
I aft times hae wunder'd
If deer be as dear,
As sweet ties o' kindred,
To peasant or peer;
As the tie to the names o' the land born be,
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
The heather that blossoms unkent o' the moor,
TRIBUTE TO LORD PALMERSTON.
We believe it no secret, or even if it be, we see no cause to scruple
in the slightest to divulge it, that it is intended to present some
small memento to Lord Palmerston, in admiring recognition of the
indefatigable manner in which he has sat through the late protracted
session. It is rare that such activity as the noble Viscount's is
combined with so excelling sedentary faculties. It is considered by
good judges, that the way in which he placidly sat out the opposition,
until they ceased to hinder him from passing the Divorce Bill, was
really quite a masterpiece of sedentary tactics. Indeed, taking into
thought the advanced time of life at which it was accomplished, the
noble lord may fairly be congratulated upon his physical endurance
and good state of preservation.
It is as yet undecided what the tribute shall consist of, and sug-
gestions are requested as to what will be most suitable. A model of
Patience, sitting, not upon a monument, but on a hardish seat in
Parliament, has, we understand, been hinted as appropriate; and, cer-
tainly, if Patience ever be personified, Lord Palmerston, as Premier,
is just the man to do it. It is reported also, that an eminent sculptor
has (of course) thought of a statue, as being the most fitting gift by
Wad™in^TsttloXhip^ tett"greenhoo"SeTT'rn sure, ™ Je Britis^ ,nation ™? fiex?r«ss lts S^titude: and> ^ idea
To the wunder o' mony a fairv land dure. °n> shall«xPect, *° find lt "i w Y ™en j0Da1^
Och hev, Kinreen o' the Dee ! &c. dx$ fashion-the noble lord being made the subject of an allegory,
; which an appended explanation only serves to mate more
Though little the thing be, fathomless.
Oor ain we can ca'; Por ourselves, were we consulted (as of course we shall be), we
That little we cling be, [ should consider that his lordship has a mind more practical than most,
and we should therefore recommend a gift of rather use than ornament.
We think an easy chair, now, would be an aptiy suited present to one
who has displayed such sedentary prowess: and an inscription might
be carved on it, stating that the gift had nationally been made to one
of the most powerful of public sitters, with the classic motto, (in
proper keeping with his lordship's scholarship)—
The mair that it's sma' _
Though puir wis oor hame, an' thogh wild wis the scene,
'Twas the hame o' oor hearts : it was bonnie Kinreen.
An yet we maun leave it, baith grey head an' bairn;
Leave it to fatten the deer o' Cock-Cairn,
0' Pannanich wuds, an' o' Morven o' Gairn.
Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
Kinreen o' the Dee !
hae Fareweel forever Kinreen o' the Dee !
* Mare. * Earth.
Epistolary Rule —Never cross your letters. Cross-writing only
causes cross reading