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The works of Allan Ramsay

edited by Burns Martin ... and John W. Oliver [... and Alexander M. Kinghorn ... and Alexander Law]

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Fy gar rub her o'er wi' Strae.

Gin ye meet a bonny Lassie,
Gie 'er a Kiss and let her gae,
But if ye meet a dirty Hussy,
Fy gar rub her o'er wi' Strae.
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[The rest is, with slight differences of spelling and punctuation, identical with lines 33–60 of To the Ph--- an Ode (S.T.S., Vol. I, pp. 224–225).]