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Written on an Envelope, enclosing a Letter to Him.
Ken ye aught o' Captain Grose? -Igo, and ago, / If he's amang his friends or foes? -Iram, coram, dago.
Is he to Abra'm's bosom gane? -Igo, and ago, / Or haudin Sarah by the wame? -Iram, coram dago.
Is he south or is he north? -Igo, and ago, / Or drowned in the river Forth? -Iram, coram dago.
Is he slain by Hielan' bodies? -Igo, and ago, / And eaten like a wether haggis? -Iram, coram, dago.
Where'er he be, the Lord be near him! -Igo, and ago, / As for the deil, he daur na steer him. -Iram, coram, dago.
But please transmit th' enclosed letter,-Igo, and ago, / Which will oblige your humble debtor. -Iram, coram, dago.
So may ye hae auld stanes in store,-Igo, and ago, / The very stanes that Adam bore. -Iram, coram, dago,
So may ye get in glad possession,-Igo, and ago, / The coins o' Satan's coronation! -Iram coram dago.