Epistle To J. Lapraik, An Old Scottish Bard(3/9)
that nane excell'd it, few ear't,
it was sae fine:
that, set him to a pint of ale,
an' either douerry tale,
or rhymes an' sangs he'd made himsel,
or witty catches—
'tween inverness an' teviotdale,
he had few matches.
then up i gat, an' swoor an aith,
tho' i should pawn my pleugh an' graith,
or die a cadger pownie's death,
at some dyke-back,
a pint an' gill i'd gie them baith,
to hear your crack.
but, first an' foremost, i
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