...whom ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) 0 Tarn ! hndst thou but been sae wise, d be thy lodger ; I've served my king and country lang, Take p was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken Dlellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day...

...the farm of Shanter. He was currently known in the neighbourO Tam ! had'st thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee...drunken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market day thou wasna sober ; hood as the Tarn of the poet; an appellation, however, that no one durst...

...surpasses, For honest men an' bonny lasses.) O Tarn ! hadst thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy am e my dear, my Phely ? О saw ye my dear, my Phely ? She's down bletherin', blusterin', drucken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day thou was na...

...been but sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thon was a skellum, Л blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day thou was пае sober ; That ilka raelder.f wi' the miller, Thou sat as long as thou had siller ; That every...

...wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses). O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae wise, As taen thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum,n A bleth'ring, blust'ring, drunken blellum ;• That frae November till October, Ae...

...glimpses given him of the invisible world. His wife—but her tongue was no scandal— calls him " A skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum;...sober, That ilka melder, wi' the 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,...

...His wife—but her tongue was no t;; 'V, K;«, " A skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken Helium; That frae November till October, Ae market-day thou...sober, That ilka melder, wi' the miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller; 6 That ev'ry naig was ca'da shoe on, The smith and thee gat roaring fou on,...

...glimpses given him of the invisible world. His wife—but her tongue was no scandal— calls him " A skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum; That frae November till October, Ae market-day them was nae sober, That ilka melder, wi' the miller, Thou sat as lang aa thou had siller; 6 That '•>'';....

...wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and honny lasses.) О 7am ! had'st thon hut heen sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A hlethering, hlustering, drunken hlellum ; That frae Novemher till Octoher, Ae market-day...

...whom ne'er a town surpasses For honest men and bonny lasses.) Oh, TAM ! hadst thou but been sae wise, As taen thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ;That frae November till October, Ae market-day...