It was David Vedder's whiskey that turned ma boat tapsalteerie, Geordie Twatt Thou had better blame Hacon; he turned the boat Widdershins an' what fule doesna ken that it is evil luck to go contrarie to the sun It is waur luck to have a drunken, superstitious pilot.— Winter Evening Tales
"Things will go tapsalteerie, Allan, but let them; we will have a bite and a cup of kindness together."— A Daughter of Fife
It was David Vedder's whiskey that turned ma boat tapsalteerie, Geordie Twatt. "— Winter Evening Tales
May a 'gae tapsalteerie, O.— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
That dang her tapsalteerie, O.— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham

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