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