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Updated: June 6, 2025
He was called Hob's Tommy because the villagers had a fancy for regarding sons as the personal property of the father, and thus a man called Thomas, who happened to be the son of a man called John, never received his surname during his whole life, excepting on the occasions of his baptism and marriage. He was known as Jack's Tom.
Dand would say; "and do you think, if I took Hob's siller, that I wouldna drink it or wear it on the lassies? And, anyway, my kingdom is no of this world. Either I'm a poet or else I'm nothing." Clem would remind him of old age. "I'll die young, like, Robbie Burns," he would say stoutly. No question but he had a certain accomplishment in minor verse. His "Hermiston Burn," with its pretty refrain
'From Greystone Priory, wearily said the girl, who had her head down on Hob's shoulder, and seemed ready to fall asleep there. 'Her horse fell with her, and they were too bent on their sport to heed her, explained the boy, as he trudged along beside Hob and his charge, 'so she wandered on foot till by good hap I heard her moan.
The stern of the boat flew up into the air as a short sea hit her, and Hob's Tommy lost his grip. He lay back quietly on the water, and the men said that he even smiled. Presently the foam covered him over. To the southward of the Chibburn Stream a flat space, covered with rushes and grey grass, stretches away towards the Border.
The signal was given, and the brothers began to go in one after another, amid the jostle and throng of Hob's children. Only Dandie, waiting till the last, caught Kirstie by the arm. "When did ye begin to dander in pink hosen, Mistress Elliott?" he whispered slily. She looked down; she was one blush.
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