Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 309. Verses on Captain Grose |
| | | | | Written on an Envelope, enclosing a Letter to Him. |
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| KEN ye aught o’ Captain Grose?—Igo, and ago, | |
| If he’s amang his friends or foes?—Iram, coram, dago. | |
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| Is he to Abra’m’s bosom gane?—Igo, and ago, | |
| Or haudin Sarah by the wame?—Iram, coram dago. | |
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| Is he south or is he north?—Igo, and ago, | 5 |
| Or drowned in the river Forth?—Iram, coram dago. | |
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| Is he slain by Hielan’ bodies?—Igo, and ago, | |
| And eaten like a wether haggis?—Iram, coram, dago. | |
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| Where’er he be, the Lord be near him!—Igo, and ago, | |
| As for the deil, he daur na steer him.—Iram, coram, dago. | 10 |
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| But please transmit th’ enclosed letter,—Igo, and ago, | |
| Which will oblige your humble debtor.—Iram, coram, dago. | |
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| So may ye hae auld stanes in store,—Igo, and ago, | |
| The very stanes that Adam bore.—Iram, coram, dago, | |
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| So may ye get in glad possession,—Igo, and ago, | 15 |
| The coins o’ Satan’s coronation!—Iram coram dago. | |
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