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  afore the howdy.
  this leads me on to tell for sport,
  how i did wi' the session sort;
  auld clinkum, at the inner port,
  cried three times, “robin!
  come hither lad, and answer for't,
  ye're blam'd for jobbin!”
  wi' pinch i put a sunday's face on,
  an' snoov'd awa before the session:
  i made an open, fair confession—
  i scorn't to lee,
  an' syne mess john, beyond expression,
  fell foul o' me.
  a fornicator-loun he call'd me,
  an' said my faut frae bliss expell'd me;
  i own'd the tale was true he tell'd me,
  “but, what the matter?
  (quo' i) i fear unless ye geld me,
  i'll ne'er be better!”
  “geld you! (quo' he) an' what for no?
  if that your right hand, leg or toe
  should ever prove your sp'ritual foe,
  you should remember
  to cut it aff—an' what for no
  your dearest member?”
  “na, na, (quo' i,) i'm no for that,
  gelding's nae better than 'tis ca't;
  i'd rather suffer for my faut
  a hearty flewit,
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