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I wadna ca’ the king my confin I wad rather fee’t than hear tell o’t I winna make fifh of ane and flefh of anither 370 I wifh you readier meat than a running hare I wifh YOu as muckle good o’t as dogs get of grafS If any fpeir at ye, ye may fay, ye watna If and and spill mony a good charter If e’er I find his cart tumbling, I’fe gie’t a put 275 If he make ever a good pudding, I’fe eat the prick If I canna kep geefe I’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 nae ware 380 If it ferves me to wear it may gain you to look to If it winna fell it winna four If ftraiks be good to gie, they’ll be good to get If ye brew well, ye’ll drink the better If ye do wrang, make amends 385 If ye ferve the tod, ye maun bear up his tail I'll bairns are best heard at hame I'll beet never made good broo I'll comes upon the war’s back I'll counfel will gar a man ftick his ain mare 390 I'll doers are aye ill dreaders I'll getting net water frae ’neath cauld ice I'll hearing makes wrang rehearfing I'll laying up makes mony thieves I'll news are aft o’er true 395 I'll payers are aye good cravers I'll workers are aye good to-putters I'll-will never fpake well Joke at leifure, ye kenna wha may jybe yourfell Jouk and let the jaw gae o’er 400 It came with the wind let it gang with the water It gangs in at the ae lug and out at the other It is a good goofe that draps aye It is a good game that fills the wame It is a good tongue that fays nae ill 405 It is an ill wind that blaws nae body good It is an ill caufe that the lawyers think shame of It is a mean mouse that has but ae hole It is a nafty bird that files its ain neft