For honest men and bonnie lasses).

O Tam! hadst thou but been sae wise

As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice!

She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, told, good-for-nothing

A bletherin', blusterin', drunken blellum; chattering, babbler

That frae November till October,

Ae market-day thou was na sober; One

That ilka melder wi' the miller every meal-grinding

Thou sat as lang as thou had siller; money

That every naig was ca'd a shoe on, nag