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An Extemporaneous Effusion on being appointed to the Excise
Searching auld wives' barrels,
Ochon, the day!
That clarty barm should stain my laurels;
But-what'll ye say?
These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans,
Wad muve the very hearts o' stanes!
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Works read by Paul Young—The works of Robert Burns
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