To tack a smack before folk?
Ye own that were we baith our lane,
Ye wadna grudge to grant me ane;
Weel, gin there be no harm in’t then,
What harm is in’t before folk?
Can I behave, can I behave,
Can I behave before folk?
Sly hypocrite, an anchorite
Could scarce desist before folk!
But after a’ that has been said,