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ioo Orpheus Caledonius.
Yearn-winnles, and a Reel,
A Fetter-lock, a Trump of Steel,
A Whifle, and aToup-horn Spoon,
With an auld Pair of clouted Shoon >
A Timmer Spade, and a Gleg Shear,
A Bonnet for my Bairns to wear,
A Timmer Tong, a broken Cradle,
The Pillion of an auld Car-Sadie,
A Gullie-knife, and a Horfe-wand,
A Mitten for the Left-hand 5
With an auld broken Pan of Brafs,
With an auld Sark that wants the arfe %
An auld Band, and a Hooding-How*
I hope (my Bairns) ye're a* well now,
Oft have I born yc -on my Back,
With a' this RifF-rafF in my Pack 5
And it was a' for want of Gear,
That gart me (teal Mefs John's gray Marc:
But now, my Bairns, what ails ye now,
por ye ha'e Naigs enough to plough 5
And Hole and Shoon fit for your Feet,
Chear up, my Bairns, and dinna greet
Then with my fel I did advife,
My Daddy's Gear for to comprize 5
Some Neighbours I ca'd in to fee ?
What Gear my Daddy left to me<
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