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day the year begs,

they bar the door on frosty &039;s;

the nappy reeks wi&039; antlg rea,

an&039; sheds a heart-spirg stea;

the nt pipe, an&039; sneesh ill,

are handed round wi&039; right guid will;

the cantie auld folks crack croe,

the young anes rant thro&039; the hoe—

y heart has been sae fa to see the,

that i for joy hae barkit wi&039; the

still it&039;s owre true that ye hae said,

sic ga is now owre aften py&039;d;

there&039;s ony a creditable stock

o&039; decent, honest, fawnt folk,

are riven out baith root an&039; branch,

rascal&039;s pridefu&039; greed to ench,

wha thks to knit hisel the faster

favour wi&039; ntle aster,

wha, aibls, thrang a parliant,

for brita&039;s guid his saul dent—

caesar

haith, d, ye little ken about it:

for brita&039;s guid! guid faith! i doubt it

say rather, gaun as preiers lead hi:

an&039; sayg ay or no&039;s they bid hi:

at operas an&039; pys paradg,

ortgagg, gablg, aseradg:

or aybe, a frolic daft,

to hague or cais takes a waft,

to ak a tour an&039; tak a whirl,

to learn bon ton, an&039; see the worl&039;

there, at vienna, or versailles,

he rives his father&039;s auld entails;

or by adrid he takes the rout,

to thru guitars an&039; fecht wi&039; nowt;

or down italian vista startles,

whore-huntg aang groves o&039; yrtles:

then bowses drulie ran-water,

to ak hisel look fair an&039; fatter,

an&039; clear the nseential rrows,

love-gifts of carnival signoras

for brita&039;s guid! for her destruction!

wi&039; dissipation, feud, an&039; faction

ath

hech, an! dear sirs! is that the gate

they waste sae ony a braw estate!

are we sae foughten an&039; harass&039;d

for ar to gang that gate at st?

o would they sta