This may do — maun do, Sir, wi' them wha
Maun please the Great-folk for a wamefou;
For me! sae Iaigh I need na bow,
For, LORD be thanket, I can plough;
And when I downa yoke a naig,
Then, LORD be thanket, I can beg;
Sae I shall say, an' that's nae flatt'rin,
It's just sic Poet an' sic Patron.