2022
NS4927 : Cowgate - Mauchline
taken 1 year ago, near to Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Cowgate - Mauchline
The plaque above the street name reads:
This is the house tho' built anew
Where Burns cam' weary frae the pleugh
To hae a crack wi' Johnny Doo
on nights at e'en and whiles to taste
his mountain dew wi' Bonnie Jean.
Johnny Doo was the affectionate name for John Dove, the landlord of the Whitefoord Arms, which was home to the rather disreputable Court of Equity.
Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper, Mauchline.
Here lies Johnny Pidgeon,
What was his religion,
Whae'er desires to ken,
To some other warl
Maun follow the carl,
For here Johnny Pidgeon had nane.
Strong ale was ablution,
Small beer persecution,
A dram was memento mori;
But a full-flowing bowl,
Was the saving his soul,
And Port was celestial glory.
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