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Verses written on a window of the Inn at Carron
We cam' na here to view your warks,
In hopes to be mair wise,
But only, lest we gang to hell,
It may be nae surprise:
But when we tirl'd at your door,
Your porter dought na bear us;
Sae may, shou'd we to hell's yetts come,
Your billy Satan sair us!
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Works written in 1787—The works of Robert Burns
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