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/ Oor Jock's gude mither's second man / At banes was unco skilly; / It cam' by heirskep frae an aunt, / Leeb Tod o' Nether Tillie. / An' when he thocht to sough awa', / He sent for Jock, ay did he, / An' wulled him the bane-doctorin', / Wi' a' the lave o's smiddy.
A braw doon-settin' 'twas for Jock, / An' for a while it paid him, / For wi's great muckle nieves like mells / He pit in banes wi' smeddum. / Ay! mony a bane he snappit in / At elbuck, thee, an' shouther; / Gin ony wouldna gang his gait, / Jock dang them a' to poother.