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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=506522" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Hairst O' Rettie</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I hae seen the hairst o' Rettie, lads,<br>And twa-three aff the throne.<br>I've heard o sax and seven weeks<br>The hairsters girn and groan.<br>But wi' a covie Willie Rae<br>A monthie an' a day<br>Sends a' the jolly hairsters<br>Singin' blithely doon the brae.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In a monthie an' a day, my lads,<br>The like was never seen;<br>It beats to sticks the fastest strips<br>O' Vickers' best machine. <br>The Speedwell she taks up the rear,<br>The Victory clears the way;<br>And twenty acres daily yields,<br>Laid doon tae Willie Rae.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He drives them roond and roond the field<br>At sic an awfu' rate:<br>Yet guides them gently oot and in<br>At mony's a kittle gate.<br>And wiles them gently ow'r the steens<br>And mony a hidden hole,<br>And he'll come by nae mishanter<br>If ye leave him wi' a pole.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O he sharps their teeth tae gar them bite;<br>He taps them on the jaws,<br>And if he sees them dowie-like,<br>He'll brawly ken the cause:<br>A boltie here, or a pinnie there,<br>Tae keep them aye in tune;<br>He'll quickly stop their wild career,<br>And bring the clishack doon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O he whittles aff the corners,<br>And makes crookit bitties straucht,<br>He likes to see that man and beast<br>Are equal in a draucht,<br>An' a' the corners neat an' square<br>And nae a shafe agley;<br>And he'll coont wi' ony dominie<br>Frae the Deveron tae the Spey.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Noo he's nae made up wi' mony words<br>Or kent tae puff and lee,<br>But just as keen a little chap<br>As ony you will see.<br>And if you're in search o hairvest work<br>Upon a market day,<br>Take my advice, be there in time<br>And look for Willie Rae.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Noo he hae got it in aboot,<br>An' a wer things be ticht,<br>We'll gaither roond the festal board<br>Tae spend a joyfae nicht;<br>Wi' Scottish sangs and mutton broth<br>Tae charm our cares away;<br>We'll drink success tae Rettie,<br>And my bandster Annie Maclean.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Noo afore I end my hamely screed,<br>I canna weel forget<br>The gentle dames that guards the hoose<br>And keeps the folk in maet.<br>Lang may they bile the kail<br>And stir the porridge weel.<br>An may never need or want for nail<br>Tae keep the timmer hale.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Noo here's tae a' ye Rettie blades,<br>A ringin' cheer - Hurra!<br>A better lot o' workin' chaps<br>A gaffer never saw.<br>They're aye sae willin' for tae pairt,<br>And eager for the fray<br>It was them that made the boatie row,<br>That was steer'd by Willie Rae.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+Burns">Robert Burns</a><div class=q>
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And twa-three aff the throne.
I've heard o sax and seven weeks
The hairsters girn and groan.
But wi' a covie Willie Rae
A monthie an' a day
Sends a' the jolly hairsters
Singin' blithely doon the brae.

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