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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. Here’s His Health in Water!
  2. Theniel Menzies’ Bonnie Mary
  3. To the Same
  4. Lines Written under the Picture of Miss Burns
  5. My Chloris


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