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Ye never saw green cheese but your een reel'd                  Ye're as daft as ye're days auld Ye're a good seeker but an ill finder Ye're nae chicken for a your cheeping Ye're like Mackay's mare, ye break fairly aff Ye're gude enough but ye're no braw enough, Ye're no sae poor as ye peep Ye're of sae mony minds ye'll never be married Ye're never pleased fu' nor fasting Ye're unco gude and ye'll grow fair Ye're sair fash'd hauding naething together Ye're no fed on deaf nuts Ye're busy seeking the thing that's no tint Ye're like the hen's, ye rin aye to the heap Ye're feat'd for the day ye never saw Ye're best when ye're sleeping Ye're a sweet nut if ye were weel cracked Ye're no light where ye lean a'                  Ye're come aff the house of Harletilhim Ye soon weary o' weet doing Ye's get your brose out o' the lee side o' the pat Ye shape shoon by your ain shachled feet Your tongue's nae slander Your tongue rins aye before your wit Ye watna whare a blessing may light Ye was never born at that time o' the year Young folk may die but auld folk maun die Young ducks may be auld geese Your meal's a' deagh Your head will never fit your father's bonnet Your thrift's as gude as the profit of a yell hen Your wame thinks your wizen's cutted Your purse was steeked when that was paid for Your gear will never o'er gang ye                 Your minny's milk's no out o' your nose yet

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