pleugh
Britishnoun
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"Gie me ane spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart."
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A country fellow at the pleugh, His acres till’d, he’s right eneugh; A country girl at her wheel, Her dizzens dune, she’s unco weel; But gentlemen, and ladies warst, Wi’ ev’n-down want o’ wark are curst.
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An’ farmers’ sarvants leeave ther pleugh, Callin ther maister black an’ blue, Whea for ther credit an’ ther neeame, Hed coonsel’d them te stay at heeame.
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Belyve, the elder bairns9 come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun'; Some ca'10 the pleugh, some herd, some tentie rin A cannie errand to a neibor11 town: Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown, In youthfu' bloom, love sparkling in her e'e, Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown, Or deposit12 her sair-won penny-fee,13 To help her parents dear, if they in hardship be.
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Belyve4 the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun'; Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie5 rin A cannie errand to a neebor town.
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