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9; skreigh

an&039; tak the road!

town&039;s-bodies ran, an&039; stood abeigh,

an&039; ca&039;t thee ad

when thou was rn&039;t, an&039; i was llow,

we took the road aye like a swallow:

at brooses thou had ne&039;er a fellow,

for pith an&039; speed;

but ev&039;ry tail thou pay&039;t the hollow

whare&039;er thou gaed

the sa&039;, droop-rupl&039;t, hunter cattle

ight aibls waur&039;t thee for a brattle;

but sax stch ile, thou try&039;t their ttle,

an&039; gar&039;t the whaizle:

nae whip nor spur, but jt a wattle

o&039; saugh or hazel

thou was a noble fittie-n&039;,

as e&039;er tug or tow was drawn!

aft thee an&039; i, aught hours&039; gaun,

guid arch-weather,

hae turn&039;d sax rood beside our han&039;,

for days thegither

thou never brag&039;t, an&039; fetch&039;t, an&039; fliskit;

but thy auld tail thou wad hae whiskit,

an&039; spread abreed thy weel-fill&039;d brisket,

wi&039; pith an&039; power;

till sprittie knowes wad rair&039;t an&039; riskit

an&039; slypet owre

when frosts y ng, an&039; snaws were deep,

an&039; threaten&039;d bour back to keep,

i gied thy g a wee bit heap

aboon the tir:

i ken&039;d y aggie wad na sleep,

for that, or sir

cart or car thou never reestit;

the steyest brae thou wad hae fac&039;t it;

thou never p, an&039; sten&039;t, and breastit,

then stood to bw;

but jt thy step a wee thg hastit,

thou snoov&039;t awa

y pleugh is now thy bairn-ti a&039;,

four galnt brutes as e&039;er did draw;

forbye sax ae i&039;ve sell&039;t awa,

that thou hast nurst:

they drew thretteen pund an&039; a,

the vera warst

ony a sair daurk we a hae wrought,

an&039; wi&039; the weary warl&039; fought!

an&039; ony an anxio day, i thought