The Auld Farmers New-Year-Morning Salutation To His Auld Mare, Maggie
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an' slypet owre.
when frosts y ng, an' snaws were deep,
an' threaten'd bour back to keep,
i gied thy cog a wee bit heap
abooimmer:
i ken'd my maggie wad na sleep,
for that, or simmer.
in cart or car thou never reestit;
the steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it;
thou never p, an' sten't, and breastit,
then stood to bw;
but just thy step a wee thing hastit,
thou snoov't awa.
my pleugh is now thy bairn-time a',
falnt brutes as e'er did draw;
forbye sax mae i've sell't awa,
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