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Then he wi' speed did yoke his plough, Which by a gaud was driven, jo. And when he was between the stilts, He thought he was in heaven, jo. But the foremost ox fell in the fur, The tither twa did flounder, jo, The ploughman lad he breathless grew, In troth it was nae wonder, jo.

But sic a risk below a hill, The plough she took a stane, jo. Which gart the fire flee frae the stock. The ploughman gaed a grane, jo.

I hae plough'd east, I hae plough'd west. In weather foul and fair, jo, But the sairest ploughing e'er I plough'd, Was ploughing amang hair, jo.

Sing up wi't a', and in wi't a', And hey my merry ploughman, O' a' the trades and crafts I ken, Commend me to the ploughman.