“I’ll spell ye the word if ye’ll spell me anither;
Let’s hear ye spell Imph-m,
That common word Imph-m,
That auld Scotch word Imph-m, ye ken it means A-Y-E!”
Had ye seen hoo he glour’d, hoo he scratched his big pate,
An’ shouted, “Ye villain, get oot o’ my gate!
Get aff to your seat! yer the plague o’ the schule!
The de’il o’ me kens if yer maist rogue or fule!”
But I only said, Imph-m,
That pawkie word, Imph-m,