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Poem by Robert Burns


Extempore Lines, in Answer to a Card from an Intimate Friend of Burns, Wishing Him to Spend an Hour at a Tavern


The King’s most humble servant, I
  	Can scarcely spare a minute;
But I’ll be wi’ ye by an’ bye;
  	Or else the Deil’s be in it.

1793

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. I Gaed a Waefu' Gate Yestreen
  2. Blythe Was She
  3. Farewell to Ballochmyle
  4. Stay My Charmer
  5. On a Bank of Flowers


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