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 11 I wadna ea' the king my cofin I wad rather feet than hear tell o't I winna make fish of ane and flesh of another I wish you readier meat than a running hare I wish you as muckle good o‘t as dogs get o' graft If any fpeir at ye, ge may say, ye dinna ken If and spills mony a good charter If e‘er I find his cart tumbling, I fe gie a put If he make ever a good pudding, I‘fe eat the prick If I canna kep geese l‘ll kep gaiflins If I canna do't by might I'll do‘t by flight If I live anither year, I'll ca‘ this year fernyear If it can be nae better, it is well it is na war If it scaves me to wear it may gain you to look to If it winna fells it winna four If straiks be good to gie, tbey‘ll be good to get If ye brew well, ye‘ll drink the better If ye do wrang, make amends If ye serve the tod ye maun bear up his tail I'll bairns are best heard at hame I'll beef never made good brco I'll comes upon, the war's back I'll counsel will gar a man stick his mare I'll doers are aye ill dreaded I'll getting het water frae ‘neath cauld ice I'll hearing makes wrang rehearfing I'll laying up makes mony thieves I'll news ate aft owre true I'll payers are aye good craves I'll workers are aye good to putters I'll will never fpake well Joke at leifure ye kenna wha may  yourfell Jouk and let the jaw gae o'er It came with the wind let it gang with the water It gangs in at the as lug apd out at the ither It is a good goofe that draps aye It is a good game that fills the wame It is a goad toungue rtiat fay nae ill It is an ill wind that blaws naebody good It is an ill cause that the lawyers think shame of It is  that has but ae hole It is a that flies his ain nest