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ON A WAG IN MAUCHLINE by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: LAMENT HIM, MAUCHLINE HUSBANDS A'
Last Line: PERHAPS HE WAS YOUR FATHER!
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; SCOTLAND;
Lament him, Mauchline husbands a',
He aften did assist ye;
For had ye staid hale weeks awa,
Your wives they ne'er had miss'd ye.

Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye press
To school in bands thegither,
O tread ye lightly on his grass, -
Perhaps he was your father!



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