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I. AULD GRANFADDER JONES.
Auld Granfadder Jones is stordy and strang;Auld Granfadder Jones is six feet lang;
He hes spindle shanks, he hes lantern jaws,
But there's neabody's laugh like his hee-haws!
He's first at a weddin' an' last at a fair,
He's t' jolliest of aw, whaiver is there;
For he keeps a lad's heart in his wizened auld skin,
An' warks out his woes as fast as they're in;
Ye'd niver believe he'd iver seen trouble,
Though there's times when t'auld fellow's amaist walking double;
He hes corns on his taes, an' t' gout i' his hands,
An' he shivers an' shacks wheniver he stands,
He hes t' rheumatiz tu; but whaiver heeard groans
Frae t' withered auld lips o' Granfadder Jones?
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