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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. Their Groves O’ sweet Myrtle
  2. The Bonnie Wee Thing
  3. As Down the Burn They Took Their Way
  4. Stay My Charmer
  5. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water


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