How huff'd, and cuff'd, and disrespeckit,

Lord, man! our gentry care sae little

For delvers, ditchers and sic cattle;

They gang as saucy by poor folk

As I wad by a stinking brock. badger

I've noticed, on our Laird's court-day,

An' mony a time my heart's been wae.

Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash,

How they maun thole a factor's snash; endure, abuse

He'll stamp and threaten, curse and swear,