ter,
as he frae ayr ae night did ter:
(auld ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses,
for ho men and bonie sses).
o tam! had'st thou but been sae wise,
as taen thy ain wife kate's advice!
she tauld thee weel thou was a skellum,
a blethering, blustering, drunken blellum;
that frae november till october,
ae market-day thou was na sober;
that ilka melder wi' the miller,
thou sat as ng as thou had siller;
that ev'ry naig was ca'd a shoe on
the smith and thee gat roarin' fou on;
that at the lord's house, ev'n on sunday,
Tam O Shanter(2/16)