WHA'LL buy my caller herrin' ?
They're bonnie fish and halesome farin' ;
Wha'll buy my caller herrin',
New drawn frae the Forth ?
When ye were sleepin' on your
pillows,
Dream'd ye aught o' our puir fellows,
Darkling as they fac'd the billows,
A' to fill the woven willows ?
Buy my caller herrin',
New drawn frae the Forth.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ?
They're no brought here without brave daring ;
Buy my caller herrin',
Haul'd thro' wind and rain.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ? &c.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ?
Oh, ye may ca' them vulgar farin',
Wives and mithers maist despairing
Ca' them lives o' men.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ? &c.
When the creel o' herrin' passes,
Ladies, clad in silks and laces,
Gather in their braw pelisses,
Cast their heads and screw their faces.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ? &c.
Caller herrin's no got lightlie,
Ye can trip the spring fu' tightlie,
Spite o' tauntin', flauntin', flingin',
Gow has set you a' a-singing.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ?&c.
Neebour wives, now tent my tellin',
When the bonny fish ye're sellin',
At ae word be in ye're dealin'
Truth will stand when a'thing's failin'.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ?
They're bonnie fish and halesome farin'.
Wha'll buy my caller herrin',
New drawn frae the Forth?
