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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. Sleep’st Thou, or Wak’st Thou
  2. Simmer’s a Pleasant Time
  3. It Is Na, Jean, Thy Bonnie Face
  4. The Bonnie Wee Thing
  5. Castle Gordon


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