Thirsh mony ane has touch’d the pleugh,
As gude ash he,
An’ yetsh gane backlensh o’er the heugh,
Shae let him be.
Hesh no, quoth she, though he’sh be lear’d,
That ye ken what, they hae crept near’t,
Far you an I hash aft-times heard
O’ nine or ten,
Wha thush the clergy hath beshmear’d
Wi’ their ain pen.