9; skreigh
an&039; tak the road!
town&039;s-bodies ran, an&039; stood abeigh,
an&039; ca&039;t thee ad
when thou was rn&039;t, an&039; i was llow,
we took the road aye like a swallow:
at brooses thou had ne&039;er a fellow,
for pith an&039; speed;
but ev&039;ry tail thou pay&039;t the hollow
whare&039;er thou gaed
the sa&039;, droop-rupl&039;t, hunter cattle
ight aibls waur&039;t thee for a brattle;
but sax stch ile, thou try&039;t their ttle,
an&039; gar&039;t the whaizle:
nae whip nor spur, but jt a wattle
o&039; saugh or hazel
thou was a noble fittie-n&039;,
as e&039;er tug or tow was drawn!
aft thee an&039; i, aught hours&039; gaun,
guid arch-weather,
hae turn&039;d sax rood beside our han&039;,
for days thegither
thou never brag&039;t, an&039; fetch&039;t, an&039; fliskit;
but thy auld tail thou wad hae whiskit,
an&039; spread abreed thy weel-fill&039;d brisket,
wi&039; pith an&039; power;
till sprittie knowes wad rair&039;t an&039; riskit
an&039; slypet owre
when frosts y ng, an&039; snaws were deep,
an&039; threaten&039;d bour back to keep,
i gied thy g a wee bit heap
aboon the tir:
i ken&039;d y aggie wad na sleep,
for that, or sir
cart or car thou never reestit;
the steyest brae thou wad hae fac&039;t it;
thou never p, an&039; sten&039;t, and breastit,
then stood to bw;
but jt thy step a wee thg hastit,
thou snoov&039;t awa
y pleugh is now thy bairn-ti a&039;,
four galnt brutes as e&039;er did draw;
forbye sax ae i&039;ve sell&039;t awa,
that thou hast nurst:
they drew thretteen pund an&039; a,
the vera warst
ony a sair daurk we a hae wrought,
an&039; wi&039; the weary warl&039; fought!
an&039; ony an anxio day, i thought
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