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 23 Ye have run lang on little ground Ye have a ready mouth for a cherry 855 Ye have o’er foul feet to come fae far benn Ye have gotten a vevel’d hefp o’t Ye have a crap for a’ corn Ye have ta'en the meafure of his foot Ye have o'er muckle loofe leather about your chafts 860 Ye have loft your ain ftomach and fund a tike s Ye have put a toom fpoon in my mouth Ye have fafted lang and worried on a midge Ye have nothing to do but fuck and wag your tail Ye have tint the tongue of the tramp 865 Ye have ftaid long and brought little wi’ you Ye have tane’t upon you as the wife did the dancing Ye have the wrang fow by the lug Ye ken what drinkers dree Ye kenna wha may cool your kail yet 87O Ye live at the lug of the law Ye’ll neither dance nor haud the candle Ye'll get nae mair of the cat but the fkin Ye'll no fell your hen in a rainy day Ye'll ne’er caft faut on his tail 875 Ye’ll no herry yourlei wi’ your ain hands Ye look liker a thief than a bifhop Ye’ll let little gae by you unlefs it be the fwallow Ye may gang father and fare war Ye may get war bodes or Beltan 880 Ye may be heard where ye’re no feen Ye may dight your neb and fly up Ye may tak the will for the deed Ye mete my peafe by your ain peck Ye'll never die on your own affize 885 Ye’ll drink before me Ye'll find him where ye left him Ye may take the head for the wafhing Ye’ll get the cat wi’ the twa tails Ye'll beguile nane but them that lippens to you 890 Ye’ll mend when you grow better Ye’ll never be fae auld with fae muckle honefty Ye never faw green cheefe but your een reel’d Ye never coft the cat’s fawt yet Ye’re as daft as ye’re day's auld 895 Ye re a good feeker but an ill finder