And when they meet wi' sair disasters, sore

Like loss o' health, or want o' masters,

Ye maist wad think, a wee touch langer almost

And they maun starve o' cauld and hunger; must

But how it comes I never kent yet. knew

They're maistly wonderfu' contented;

An' buirdly chiels and clever hizzies stout lads, girls

Are bred in sic a way as this is.

caesar

But then, to see how ye're negleckit,