78. Epitaph for James Smith. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics

Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

78. Epitaph for James Smith


LAMENT him, Mauchline husbands a’,
He aften did assist ye;
For had ye staid hale weeks awa,
Your wives they ne’er had miss’d ye.

Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye press	5
To school in bands thegither,
O tread ye lightly on his grass,—
Perhaps he was your father!