...ae night did canter (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses For honest men and bonny lasses). O Tarn! hadst thou but been sae wise As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice! She tauld thee weel thou wast a skellum. A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum; That frae November till October, Ae market...

...ae night did canter: one (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonie lasses.) O Tam, had'st thou but been sae wise, As taen thy ain wife Kate's advice! taken; own She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, good-for-nothing A blethering, blustering, drunken...

...Ayr ae night did canter: (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonie lasses.) O Tam! had'st thou but been sae wise As taen thy ain...advice! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A bletherin, blusterin, drunken blellum; 20 That frae November till October, Ac market-day thou was na...