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 We can shape their wylie coat 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 baud that will awa Wha dare bell the cat Wha can help misluck? Wha comes aftener and brings less? What we first lear we best ken Wha tye win at that ye may lick aff a het girdle What carlains haiu cats eat What winna do by might do by sleight What's my case the day may be yours the morn What's waur than ill luck? What need a rich man be a thief What canna be cured 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 clout 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 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 yoursel sae When the well's fu' it will rin o'er When the steed's stown lock the stable door Where the buck's bound there he maun bleet Where the pig's broken let the sherds lie