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It wis hardly worth peyin for
a casket
the body wis that peely-wally.
nae bluid in't
lukit like a
scrap o' broun paper
papyrus mebbe?
nae gran eneuch
for that.
but there wis some gran mourners, the
Editor o' the Scottish National Dictionary,
Heid o' the Depairment o' Scot. Lit.,
President o' the Burns Federation,
President o' the Lallans Society,
President o' the Saltaire Society,
a' present in strict alphabetical order
an'
ane/twa orra Scot. Nats.
Syne cam a fuff o' win'
an' liftit it oot o' the bowlie
an' hine awa,
a wee bird sang
Dew dreep'd
on the beld heids
o' the auld men
stude gloweran
at the tuim tomb.
"She's jinkit again,
the bitch!"
said the man wi' the spade.
