There was more siller to be made from concerts in yon days than from a regular tour that took me to the music halls.

The halls meant steady work, and I was surer of regular earnings, but I liked the concerts.

I have never had a happier time in my work than in those days when I was building up my reputation as a concert comedian.

There was an uncertainty about it that pleased me, too; there was something exciting about wondering just how things were going.
Now my bookings are made years ahead.

I ha' been trying to retire--it will no be so lang, noo, before I do, and settle doon for good in my wee hoose amang the heather at Dunoon on the Clyde.