And cursed skill,

Has made them baith no worth a fart;

Damn'd haet they'll kill. Devil a thing

‘'Twas but yestreen, nae farther gane, last night

I threw a noble throw at ane—

Wi' less, I'm sure, I've hundreds slain—

But deil-ma-care!

It just play'd dirl on the bane, rang, bone

But did nae mair.

‘Hornbook was by wi' ready art,