 I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash : He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear. He'll apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they maun...  The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Page 338by Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1879 - 566 pages
...gang as saucy by poor folk As I wad by a stinkin' brock.1 I've noticed, on our laird's court-day, And mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies,...scant o' cash-, How they maun thole a factor's snash :2 He'll stamp and threaten, curse and swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they maun... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1880 - 738 pages
...ditchers, an' sic cattle; They gang as saucy by poor folk As I wail by asliukiu' brook. I've noticed, on our Laird's court-day, An* mony a time my heart's been wae, l*oor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash: He'll stamp an' threaten,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1881 - 326 pages
...ditchers, an' sic cattle ; They gang as saucy by poor folk, As I wad by a stinking brock. I Ve noticed, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's...scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash ; He 'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He'Il apprehend them, poind their gear; While they maun... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1881 - 582 pages
...saucy by poor folk As ! wad by a stinkin' brock.i I've noticed, on our laird's court-day, And niony a time my heart's been wae. Poor tenant bodies, scant...they maun thole a factor's snash :'•' He'll stamp and threaten, curse and swenr, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they maun stan', wi'... | |
 | C. Hope - 1881 - 410 pages
...leave more to one child than to another, merely on account of a difference in age or sex. CHAPTEE XII. Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash ; He '11 stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He '11 apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they... | |
 | John Younger - Biography & Autobiography - 1881 - 612 pages
...projecting for the country gentiy the improvement of laying six or ten small farms into one. Then, indeed, " Tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash." My father's "gear" was actually "poinded," more by way of giving colour to the ejectment than for the... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1882 - 720 pages
...ditchers, an' sic cattle; They gang as saucy by poor folk As I wad by a I in kin' bro>k. I've noticed, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's...stan', wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble ! I see how folk live that bae riches ; But surely poor folk maun be wretches. LUATH. They're... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...heart 's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, 95 How they maun thole a factor's snash: He 'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear ; He'll apprehend them, poind their gear; While they maun staun' wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble! 100 I see how folk live that hae riches;... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...saucy by poor folk As I wad by a stinking brock. I 've noticed, on our laird's court-day, An' monie a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, 95 How they maun thole a factor's snash: He 'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear; He'll apprehend... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1909 - 692 pages
...For delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle ; They gang as saucy by poor folk, As I wad by a stinkin brock. I've notic'd, on our laird's court-day, — An' mony...stan', wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble ! I see how folk live that hae riches ; But surely poor-folk maun be wretches ! LUATH.... | |
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