Epitaph for James Smith
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"Epitaph for James Smith" is a satirical
Kilmarnock volume
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- LAMENT him, Mauchline husbands a’,
- He aften did assist ye;
- For had ye staid hale weeks awa,
- Your wives they ne’er had miss’d ye.
- Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye press,
- To school in bands thegither,
- O tread ye lightly on his grass,—
- Perhaps he was your father![1]
See also
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Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Epistle to James Smith
- The Scottish town of Mauchline
References
- ^ Burns, Robert (1896). Poems and songs complete. (Notes by W.S. Douglas, and life by prof. Nichol. Edinb. illustr. ed.). United Kingdom: Oxford University. pp. 126–127.