James Hogg.

The wondrous shepherd James Hogg             Was happy with his good sheep dog,             Meditating o'er his sweet lays             While his fleecy flocks did graze.             His education it came late             After he reached to man's estate,             While his flocks were busy feeding             His favourite authors he was reading.             Wondrous tales he did rehearse             Of witches both in prose and verse,             And he in fairy tales did glory             Traditions of each shepherd's story.             The shepherd he sang late and early             Of the deeds of bold Prince Charley,             And how the charming bonnie Flora             Soothed the Prince when in his sorrow.             Few songs possess so much vigor             As his gathering of McGregor,             The lover's heart is all aflame             To meet lassie when the kye comes hame.             But one who loved the shepherd's songs             And sang them unto countless throngs,             Great Kennedy has passed away             Now mournful is our Scottish lay.