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 ye people, ane an' a,

Peter Duthies e'en awa';

mair will Pate e'er travel round,

circle o his native ground;

mair shall he last speeches cry

in the barns will ever lie ;

mair shall he again appear

usher in the infant year

Almanacks frae Aberdeen,

best and truest was seen;

mair shall he again proclaim

prophecies in Rhymer's name;

cell again the great commands,

praise the neuk ca'd Meally Hands;

Arry's ware for lads and lasses,

for the highest wisdom passes

shall he Jock and Maggy's tale

expose to viewer sale;

mair shall he e'er gain a dram

the tricks o' Louden Tam;

wit he cannot praise,

aft he did in former days;

tell how Leper threw the cat

auld Janet's boiling pat.——