Oh why, and oh why, was your Highland Lad not dress’d? Oh, some people say with half his clothes the Highlander looks best; But it’s oh! in my heart, that I wish he’d wear the rest! Suppose that his dress, now your Highland lad reform, Oh, I think ’twould be more decent, and I know ’twould be more warm; And it’s oh! in my heart, that I hope he will reform. Suppose and suppose that they make your Highland lad Wear decent coat and trowsers, ’stead of kilt and tartan plaid? Then it’s oh! in my heart, but just should’nt I be glad! Suppose and suppose that they keep the costume old; Oh! this winter’s so severe, I’m sure he’ll catch his death of cold; And it’s oh! bless my heart! how my Laddie would be sold! _Diogenes_, p. 22, Vol. 3, 1854. ―――― WANDERING WILLIE. Oh where, and oh where, has our Wand’ring Willie gone? He’s gone to fight in Scotland for Radicals forlorn, And it’s oh, Greenwich town is left alone to mourn. Oh where, and oh where, has our Wand’ring Willie been? He’s been down into Scotland to sweep the Tories clean, And it’s oh, what on earth does our Wand’ring Willie mean? Oh why, and oh why, did our Wand’ring Willie roam So far from Greenwich Hospital, so far from Oxford’s dome? For he knows in his heart he had better stop at home. In what way, in what way, was our Wand’ring Will addressed? As if he of all statesmen was wisest, truest, best, And it’s oh, he must feel this was but a sorry jest. Oh what, and oh what, does our Wand’ring Willie need? ’Tis hoping to get office he’s gone across the Tweed; But it is oh, in my heart I hope he won’t succeed. And oh how, and oh how, would our Wand’ring Willie act If by his will the Government were out of office packed? And it’s oh, he don’t know, and oh, that’s a solemn fact. _Judy_, December 31, 1879. ――――:o:―――― BONNIE DUNDEE; OR, THE STRIKE IN THE KITCHEN. (Another strike is announced, the malcontents being on this occasion gentlemen’s servants. A crowded meeting of butlers, coachmen, footmen, gardeners, and stablemen was held at Leamington; the butler of Leamington College being in the chair. The demands were for shorter hours and increased pay; while the separation of married couples was deprecated as conducive to immorality. Cheers were given at the conclusion of the meeting for “The Maids of Dundee.”――_Daily Paper_, April 30th, 1872.)