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Scotch Drink (第2/3页)
though even brightens dark despair wi' gloomy smile. aft, clad in massy siller weed, wi' gehou erects thy head; yet, humbly kind in time o' need, the poor man's wine; his weep drap parritch, or his bread, thou kits fine. thou art the life o' public haunts; but thee, what were our fairs and rants? ev'n godly meetings o' the saunts, by thee inspired, when gaping they besiege the tents, are doubly fir'd. that merry night we get the in, o sweetly, then, thou reams the horn in! or reekin on a new-year mornin in cog or bicker, an' just a wee drap sp'ritual burn in, an' gusty sucker! when vul gies his bellows breath, an' ploughmen gather wi' their graith, o rare! to see thee fizz ah i' th' luggit caup! then burnewin es on like death at every chap. nae mercy then, for airn or steel; the brawnie, banie, ploughman chiel, brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, the strong forehammer, till blo' studdie ring an reel, wi' dinsome clamour. when skirling weanies see the light, though maks the gossips clatter bright, how fumblin' cuiffs their dearies slight; wae worth the name! nae howdie gets a social night, or plack frae them. when neibors a a plea, an' just as wud as wud be, how easy the barley brie t the quarrel! it's aye the cheapest lawyer's fee, to taste the barrel. alake! that e'er my muse has reason, to wyte her trymen wi' treason!