Sentence:  Once I was call'd a great Fife <WSD>laird</WSD>, / I dwelt not far from the Hall-yard: / [...] / O! but it's long and many a year, / Since laſt my feet did travel here. / I find great change in old <WSD>lairds</WSD> places, / I know the ground, but not the faces, / Where ſhall I turn me firſt about, / For my acquaintance is worn out? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner. (from 14th c.)