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Cock-A-Leekie
- Difficulty
Easy
Published 2015
I’ve supped gude bree i’ mony a howff
Wi’in Auld Reekie,
But nane wi’ siccan a gusty gowff
As cock-a-leekie.
—
Bree, soup; howff, tavern; Auld Reekie, Edinburgh; siccan, such; gusty gowff, savoury taste.
The King (James VI and I): ‘Come, my lords and lieges, let us all to dinner, for the cocky-leeky is a-cooling.’—
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