Whyles scour'd awa in lang excursion,

And worried ither in diversion;

Until wi' daffin' weary grown, merriment

Upon a knowe they sat them down, knoll

And there began a lang digression

About the lords of the creation.

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I've aften wonder'd, honest Luath,

What sort o' life poor dogs like you have;

An' when the gentry's life I saw,