KEN ye aught o' Captain Grose?—Igo, and ago, <br />If he's amang his friends or foes?—Iram, coram, dago. <br /> <br /> <br />Is he to Abra'm's bosom gane?—Igo, and ago, <br />Or haudin Sarah by the wame?—Iram, coram dago. <br /> <br /> <br />Is he south or is he north?—Igo, and ago, <br />Or drowned in the river Forth?—Iram, coram dago. <br /> <br /> <br />Is he slain by Hielan' bodies?—Igo, and ago, <br />And eaten like a wether haggis?—Iram, coram, dago. <br /> <br /> <br />Where'er he be, the Lord be near him!—Igo, and ago, <br />As for the deil, he daur na steer him.—Iram, coram, dago. <br /> <br /> <br />But please transmit th' enclosed letter,—Igo, and ago, <br />Which will oblige your humble debtor.—Iram, coram, dago. <br /> <br /> <br />So may ye hae auld stanes in store,—Igo, and ago, <br />The very stanes that Adam bore.—Iram, coram, dago, <br /> <br /> <br />So may ye get in glad possession,—Igo, and ago, <br />The coins o' Satan's coronation!—Iram coram dago.<br /><br />Robert Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/verses-on-captain-grose/
