Thrice welcome home to Hawick, Mr. J. Graham Henderson
For by your Scotch tweeds a great honour have you won
By exhibiting our beautiful tweeds at the World's Fair
You have been elected judge of Australian and American wools while there.

You had to pass a strict examination of the wool trade,
But you have been victorious, and not the least afraid,
And hae been made judge of wools by Sir Henry Truman Good,
And was thanked by Sir Henry where he stood.

You have been asked by Sir Henry to lecture on wools there,
And you have consented to do so, which made your audience stare
When you let them see the difference betwixt good wool and bad;
You'll be sure to gain fresh honours, they will feel so glad


Ah, it makes the heart glad to hear the dulcet tones of William McGonagall. Worthy peer of Keats and Byron and Pindar in singing the praises of valor and daring do, even if it be only to immortalize a judge of wool.