He likes fine to gang aboot wi' his friends.

But he's no rich, and he maun be carefu' wi' his siller, else the wife and the bairns wull be gae'in wi'oot things he wants them to have.

Sae, when he'll foregather, of an evening, wi' his friends, in a pub., maybe, he'll be at the bar.

He's no teetotaller, and when some one starts standing a roond o' drinks he'll tak' his wi' the rest.

And he'll wait till it comes his turn to stand aroond, and he'll do it, too.
But after he's paid for the drinks, he'll aye turn toward the door, and nod to all o' them, and say: "Weel, lads, gude nicht.