O would they stay aback frae courts,
An' please themselves wi' country sports,
It wad for every ane be better,
The laird, the tenant, an' the cotter!
For thae frank, rantin', ramblin' billies, those
Fient haet o' them's ill-hearted fellows: Devil a bit
Except for breakin' o' their timmer, wasting, timber
Or speaking lightly o' their limmer, mistress
Or shootin' o' a hare or moor-cock,
The ne'er-a-bit they're ill to poor folk.