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Were it not for hope, heart wad break We are aye to lear as lang as we live We can poind for debt, but no for unkindness 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 and no to be rich Who invited you to the roast Wha can hand what will awa' Wha dare bell the cat Wha can help misluck Wha comes aftener and brings less What wa first lear we best ken What ye win at that, ye may lick aff a het girdle What carlins hain 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 endured 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 take tent of the lambs When the wame's fu' the bones would be at rest When a' freets fail fire's good for the fearcy. 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 gawn and coming the gait's no toom When he dies for age ye may quack for fear When ye are well haud yoursel sae When the well's fu' it will rin owre