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11 I wada fother ye for your muck I wadna ca' the king my cousin I wad rather see't than hear tell o't I winna make fish o' ane and flesh o' anither I wish ye readier meat than a running hare I wish you as much good o't as dogs gel o' grass If any speir at ye, ye may say ye dinna ken If e'er I find his cart tumbling, I'se gie a put If I canna keep geese I'll keep gaislins 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 vae waur If it serves me to wear it may gain you to look to If it winna sell it winna sour 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 Ill bairns are best heard at hame Ill beef never made good broo Ill comes upon the waur's back Ill counsel will gar a man stick his mare Ill doers are aye ill dreaders Ill getting het water frae 'neath cauld ice Ill hearing makes wrang rehearsing Ill laying up makes many thieves Ill news are aft o'er true Ill payers are aye good cravers Ill workers are aye good to-putters Ill-will never spake well Joke at leisure, ye kenna wha may jibe yoursel Jouk and let the jaw gae o'er It gangs in at the ae lug and out at the ithier It is a good game that fills the wame It is a good tongue that says nae ill It is an ill wind that blaws naebudy good It is an ill cause that the lawyers think shame of It is a mean mouse that has but ac hole It is a nasty bird that files its ain nest