Auld Reekie's Ghaists (Scots)

At nicht Auld Reekie's taen ower bi the deid, Hauf-hingit Maggie wauks the wynds again. Mary King's Close, plague rears its ugsome heid Damnation Alley..lichts glent green an reid, The ghaists o Burke an Hare bring daith an pain George McKenzie, judge, stauns drooked in bluid. Deacon Brodie flichters, derk in deed The verra flagsteens, fleggit bi his name. The Sooth Brig vaults a-steer, here bogles breed Is Major Weir aboot? Coorse wis his creed Aneth the castle, bagpiper's refrain: Doon in the derk wi nane tae hark or heed The meen stauns cauld, stars licht the ghaisties'speed. Neth the lang shades the Nor Loch fulls again. Monks, beggars, ootlinns tell their rosary beads. In Queensberry Hoose aince mair, the guid Scots leid Is spukken, as in close, street, wynd an lane Young Robert Fergusson strides oot, braw poet indeed The past takks ower the cassies, ghaists are freed