39; caups,
amang the furms an' benches;
an' cheese an' bread, frae women's ps,
was dealt about in lunches
an' dawds that day.
in es a gawsie, gash guidwife,
an' sits down by the fire,
syne draws her kebbu' her knife;
the sses they are shyer:
the auld guidmen, about the grace
frae side to side they bother;
till some ane by his bo ys,
an' gies them't like a tether,
fu' ng that day.
waesucks! for him that gets nae ss,
or sses that hae hing!
sma' need has he to say a grace,
or melvie h
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