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DRUCKEN JOCK.<br />

Ae night no lang sin syne,<br />

I liad got a drappie,<br />

Wlien doitin' liame's I might,<br />

Unco fou <strong>and</strong> happy,<br />

I chanced to meet Mess John,<br />

He blamed me for the drink<br />

But there's no sae muckle odds o' fock<br />

As ane wad think.<br />

Neist Friday in the toon,<br />

I saw the reverend man<br />

Stoitin' frae an inn.<br />

As fou as he could stan'.<br />

I drew vip to his side,<br />

And wi' a cunning wink,<br />

Said, " there's no sae muckle odds o' fock<br />

As ane wad think."<br />

<strong>The</strong> laird o'<br />

Birlieha,<br />

Ane eller o' the kirk,<br />

Says he canna thole ava<br />

This odious drucken wark.<br />

He was drunk yestreen.<br />

And fell into the sink<br />

Sae there's no sae muckle odds o' folk<br />

As ane wad think.<br />

Hypocrisy I hate,<br />

And sl<strong>and</strong>er I detest<br />

Faut's shou'dna a' be tell't—<br />

And mine amang the rest.<br />

When ane reviles anither,<br />

Judgment baud a blink<br />

For there's no sae muckle odds o' fock<br />

As ane wad think.<br />

We a' hae our draff pocks<br />

Some firmly stuffed nae doubt<br />

Ithers torn <strong>and</strong> patcht<br />

Wi' mony a steek <strong>and</strong> clout.<br />

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