poacher-court
the hale affair.
some auld, us'd hands had taen a note,
that sic a hen had got a shot;
i was suspected for the plot;
i s'd to lie;
so gat the whissle o' my groat,
an' pay't the fee.
but by my gun, o' guns the wale,
an' by my pouther an' my hail,
an' by my hen, an' by her tail,
i vow an' swear!
the game shall pay, o'er muir an' dale,
for this, year.
as soon's the clo-time is by,
an' the wee pouts begun to cry,
lord, i'se hae sp by an' by
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