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Were it no for hope the heart would break on                We are aye to lear as lang as we live We can poind for debt but no for unkindness We can shape their wylie 'edat but no their weird We'll ne'er big sandy bourocks together We'll bark oursels ere we buy dogs sae dear We canna baith sup and blaw We maun live by the living and no by the dead We are bound to be honest but no to be rich Who invited you to the roast? Wha can haud that will awa? Wha dare bell the eat? Wha can help misluck? Wha eomes aftener and brings less? What we first lear we best ken What ye win at that ye may lick aff a het girdle What carlains hain eats eat What winna do by might do by sleight What's my ease the day may be yours the morn What's waur than ill luck? What need a rich man be a thief What canna be eured maun be indured When ae door steeks anither ane opens When a' men speak nae man hears When drink's in wit's out When friends meet hearts warm When my head's down my house is theeked When the cow's in the elout she's soon out When the tod preaches tak tent of the lambs When the wame's fu' the bones would be at rest When a' frets fail fire's good for the fearey When a ewe's drown'd she's dead When you are serv'd a' the geese are water'd                When wine sinks words swim When ye're gaun and coming the gate's no toom When he dies for age ye may quack for fear When ye are weel haud yoursell sae When the well's fu’ it will rin o'er