Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TAM THE CHAPMAN, by ROBERT BURNS



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First Line: As tam the chapman on a day
Last Line: Death taks him hame to gie him quarters.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


As Tam the chapman on a day,
Wi'Death forgather'd by the way,
Weel pleas'd, he greets a wight so famous,
And Death was nae less pleas'd wi' Thomas,
Wha cheerfully lays down his pack,
And there blaws up a hearty crack:
His social, friendly, honest heart
Sae tickled Death, they could na part;
Sae, after viewing knives and garters,
Death taks him hame to gie him quarters.





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