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Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

411 . Extempore Reply to an Invitation

THE KING’S most humble servant, I

Can scarcely spare a minute;

But I’ll be wi’ you by an’ by;

Or else the Deil’s be in it.