...! had'st thou but been sae 7 wise, As ta'en thy ain8 wife Kate's advice ! She tauld 9 thee weel 10 thou was a skellum," A blethering," blustering, drunken...November till October, Ae market-day thou was nae 13 sober ; That ilka l4 melder, wi' 15 the miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; 16 That every...

...For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tam ! hadst thou but been'sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife JCate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A...miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; That ev'ry naig was ca'da shoe on, The smith and thee gat roaring fou on, That at the L — d's house, ev'n...

...As be frae Ayr ae night did canter, (Auld Ayr wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses). O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae wise, As...taen thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thon was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum i That frae November till October, Ae...

...As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, (Auld Ayr wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae wise, As...ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou wast a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day...

...anticipate, prepare us for all the events, natural and supernatural, which are recorded in the poem. " O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae wise As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou wast a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; That, frae November till October, Ae market...

...night did canter, (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tarn ! had'st thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife...miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; That ev'ry naig was ca'da shoe on ; The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; That at the L — d's house,...

...O Tam 1 hadst thou but been sae wise, As taen thy ain wife Kate's advice 1 She tauld thee weel thon was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum;...thou was nae sober, That ilka melder, wi* the miller, Thon sat as lang as thou had siller ; That ev'ry naig was ca'da shoe on, The smith and thee gat roaring...

...Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tam ! had'st thou but been sac wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld...thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellunv ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day thou was nae sober -f That ilka nielder,...

...As he frae Ayr ae night did canter; (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae wise, As...frae November till October Ae market-day thou was na sober ; That ilka melder, wi' the miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; That ev'ry naig...

...in the им m And folk bega We iill ОС ll-ЗП a®? wim*& te л ON BURNS, AND THE OLD BALLADS. 265 She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering,...frae November till October Ae market-day thou was na sober; That ilka melder, wi' the miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller; That ev'ry naig was...