The Auld Farmers New-Year-Morning Saluta(2/3)
rs were dreigh,
how thou wad prance, and snore, an' skreigh
an' tak the road!
town's-bodies ran, an' stood abeigh,
an' ca't thee mad.
when thou was corn't, an' i was mellow,
we took the road aye like a swallow:
at brooses thou had ne'er a fellow,
for pith an' speed;
but ev'ry tail thou pay't them hollowm
whare'er thou gaed.
the sma', droop-rumpl't, hunter cattle
might aiblins waur't thee for a brattle;
but sax scotch mile, thou try't their mettle,
an' gar't them whaizle:
nae whip nor spur, but just a wattle
o' saugh or hazel.
thou was a noble fittie-lan',
as e'er in tug or tow was drawn!
aft thee an' i, in aught hours' gaun,
in guid march-weather,
hae turn'd sax rood beside our han',
for days thegither.
thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an' fliskit;
but thy auld tail thou wad hae whiskit,
an' spread abreed thy weel-fill'd brisket,
wi' pith an' power;
till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' riskit
an' slypet owre.
when frosts lay lang, an' snaws were deep,
an' threaten'd labour back to keep,
i gied thy cog a wee bit heap
aboon the timmer:
i ken'd my maggie wad na sleep,
for that, or simmer.
in cart or car thou never reestit;
the steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it;
thou never lap, an' sten't, and breastit,
then stood to blaw;
but just thy step a wee thing hastit,
thou snoov't awa.
my pleugh is now thy bairn-time a',
four gallant brutes as e'er did draw;
forbye sax mae i've sell't awa,
that thou hast nurst:
they drew me thretteen pund an' twa,
the vera warst.
mony a sair daurk we twa hae wrought,
how thou wad prance, and snore, an' skreigh
an' tak the road!
town's-bodies ran, an' stood abeigh,
an' ca't thee mad.
when thou was corn't, an' i was mellow,
we took the road aye like a swallow:
at brooses thou had ne'er a fellow,
for pith an' speed;
but ev'ry tail thou pay't them hollowm
whare'er thou gaed.
the sma', droop-rumpl't, hunter cattle
might aiblins waur't thee for a brattle;
but sax scotch mile, thou try't their mettle,
an' gar't them whaizle:
nae whip nor spur, but just a wattle
o' saugh or hazel.
thou was a noble fittie-lan',
as e'er in tug or tow was drawn!
aft thee an' i, in aught hours' gaun,
in guid march-weather,
hae turn'd sax rood beside our han',
for days thegither.
thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an' fliskit;
but thy auld tail thou wad hae whiskit,
an' spread abreed thy weel-fill'd brisket,
wi' pith an' power;
till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' riskit
an' slypet owre.
when frosts lay lang, an' snaws were deep,
an' threaten'd labour back to keep,
i gied thy cog a wee bit heap
aboon the timmer:
i ken'd my maggie wad na sleep,
for that, or simmer.
in cart or car thou never reestit;
the steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it;
thou never lap, an' sten't, and breastit,
then stood to blaw;
but just thy step a wee thing hastit,
thou snoov't awa.
my pleugh is now thy bairn-time a',
four gallant brutes as e'er did draw;
forbye sax mae i've sell't awa,
that thou hast nurst:
they drew me thretteen pund an' twa,
the vera warst.
mony a sair daurk we twa hae wrought,
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