seven o'clock
To look at him you wudda thocht he was trailin ' the band an ' a ' the sojers ahent him , he lookit that hard wrocht . He never saw me -- not him ! His e ` en were starin ' fair afore him ; he wudna kent his ain tattie cairt , I believe , he was that muckle taen up wi ' his merchin ' . He landit hame till his tea atween sax an ' seven o'clock , stervin ' o ' cauld , but as happy 's a cricket . `` Man , Bawbie , '' he says , as I laid a reed herrin ' on the brander for him , `` there 's naething affeks me like sojers merchin ' to musik . It juist garrs my backbeen dirl , an ' I canna sit still . When they were doin ' the merch-past this efternune , I had to up an ' rin , or I wudda thrappilt some lad sittin ' aside 's .