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Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

178 . Impromptu on Carron Iron Works

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 hear us;

Sae may, shou’d we to Hell’s yetts come,

Your billy Satan sair us!