The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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SCROGGAM
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There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen,Scroggam!
She brew'd guid ale for gentlemen:
Sing Auld Cowl, lay you down by me—
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum!
II
The guidwife's dochter fell in a fever,Scroggam!
The priest o' the parish fell in anither:
Sing Auld Cowl, lay you down by me—
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum!
III
They laid the twa i' the bed thegither,Scroggam!
That the heat o' the tane might cool the tither:
Sing Auld Cowl, lay you down by me—
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum!
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