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SCROGGAM by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE WAS A WIFE WONN'D IN COCKPEN, SCROGGAM
Last Line: SCROGGAM, MY DEARIE, RUFFUM.
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING;
There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, Scroggam;
She brew'd gude ale for gentlemen;
Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me,
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum.

The gudewife's dochter fell in a fever, Scroggam;
The priest o' the parish he fell in anither;
Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me,
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum.

They laid the twa i' the bed thegither, Scroggam;
That the heat o' the tane might cool the tither;
Sing auld Cowl, lay ye down by me,
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum.



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