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 With bannocks o' gude barley-meal, Of them their was right plenty. With chappen sticks fu' butter'd weel, And was not that right dainty.

Although my father was nae laird, 'Tis deffin' to be vaunty, He keepit aye a gude kail-yard, A ha' house and a pantry; A gude blue bonnet on his head, And o'erlay about his craggy, And aye untill the day he died, He rade on good shanks naggy.

Now wae and wonder on your snout, Wad ye hae bonny Nancy : Wad ye compare yoursel' to me, A docken till a tansy. I have a woser o' mine ain, They ca' him supple Sandy; And well I wat his bonny mou Is sweet like sugar-candy.

Now Nancy what needs a' this din, Do I not ken this Sandy: I'm sure the chill of a' his kin, Was Rob the beggar randy.