Sir Robert looked blue when he heard o’ the vote, And Turner he tore his hair, sirs; He forgot there wasna muckle to tear, Sae deep was his despair, sirs, _Chorus_--Aboot the barrin’ o’ oor door, &c. And Andrew Wood fell into the airms O’ twa o’ his “five fair sons,” sirs; “Puir bairns,” quo’ he, “we’ll a’ starve noo, For oor craft will be over-run, sirs.” _Chorus_--Oh! the barrin’ o’ oor door, &c. And Nicholson whimpered wi’ clerical whine, And Muirhead shook his fist, sirs, As he thocht o’ how the Scotsman wad chaff O’ the class he had that day missed, sirs. _Chorus_--And the barrin’ o’ oor door, &c. Lister wept owre his petulant speech, When he swore he’d resign his chair, sirs, If women entered the hospital wards-- Eh! noo he repented him sair, sirs. _Chorus_--For the barrin’ o’ oor door, &c. But when we cam to oor senses a’, We planned a bonny bit plan, sirs, Tae quash the votes o’ thae merchant firms That supported the ladies’ men, sir. _Chorus_--For the barrin’ o’ oor door, &c. The firms may leave us--we carena a straw-- The Infirmary may sink, sirs, If we may but keep females aff oor preserve, We carena what folk think, sirs. _Chorus_--O’ the barrin’ o’ oor door, &c. The Infirmary meeting against us gaed, But the Court o’ Session befriends us; Oot o’ the hospital managing board Neither women nor traders shall send us! _Chorus_--For the barrin’ o’ oor door, &c. Confusion, then, let each man drink To the ladies and their supporters, sirs; For Monopoly’s rights let us a’ fecht or fa’, Or be brayed up small in oor mortars, sirs! _Chorus_--Ho! for the barrin’ o’ oor door weel! weel! weel! The barrin’ o’ oor door weel! _Scotsman_, Feb. 13, 1872. NOTE T, p. 125. This correspondence is so remarkable that I subjoin it entire. (1) _To the University Court._ “15 Buccleuch Place, November 21, 1871. “GENTLEMEN,--It is now two years since you passed a series of resolutions, dated 12th November 1869, to the effect that ‘women shall be admitted to the study of medicine in the University.’