Thae curst horse-leeches o' th' Excise, These

Wha mak the whisky stells their prize—stills

Haud up thy hand, deil! Ance—twice—thrice!

There, seize the blinkers! spies

An' bake them up in brunstane pies brimstone

For poor damn'd drinkers.

Fortune! if thou'll but gie me still

Hale breeks, a bannock, and a gill, Whole breeches, oatmeal cake

An' rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, plenty

Tak' a' the rest,