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BUCHLYVIE by ANONYMOUS

First Line: BARON OF BUCHLYVIE / MAY THE FOUL FIEND DRIVE YE
Last Line: "WHERE THERE'S NEITHER HORSE MEAT NOR MAN'S MEAT, / NOR A CHAIR TO SIT DOON"
Subject(s): HATE;

Baron of Buchlyvie,
May the foul fiend drive ye
And a' tae pieces rive ye
For buildin' sic a toun,
Where there's neither horse meat nor man's meat,
Nor a chair to sit doon.



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