 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 頁
...mettle in their heels: A winnock bunker in the east. There sat Auld Nick in shape o' beast; 120 A towsie tyke, black, grim, and large. To gie them music was his charge; He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl. Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like... | |
 | Reg McKay - 2001 - 212 頁
...dance : Nae cotillon, brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast . . . 'You an' your jigging, Bob Pine. You think we don't know what you're at, eh? What you're really... | |
 | Melvyn J. Willin - 2005 - 322 頁
...new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels, At winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in...grim, and large, To gi'e them music was his charge: He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl!" (Burns, 1791, p. 124) Burns... | |
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Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a 
