by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose?
Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose?
  Igo and ago -
If he 's amang his friends or foes?
  Iram coram dago. -

Is he South, or is he North?
  Igo and ago -
Or drowned in the river Forth?
  Iram coram dago. -

Is he slain by Highland bodies?
  Igo and ago -
And eaten like a wether-haggis?
  Iram coram dago. -

Is he to Abram's bosom gane?
  Igo and ago -
Or haudin Sarah by the wame?
  Iram coram dago. -

Whare'er he be, the Lord be near him!
  Igo and ago -
As for the deil, he daur na steer him,
  Iram coram dago. -

But please transmit th' inclosed letter,
  Igo and ago -
Which will oblidge your humble debtor,
  Iram coram dago. -

So may ye hae auld Stanes in store,
  Igo and ago -
The very Stanes that Adam bore;
  Iram coram dago. -

So may ye get in glad possession,
  Igo and ago -
The coins o' Satan's Coronation!
  Iram coram dago. -

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