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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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