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s licks, wi' hearty crunt; an' some, to learn them for their tricks, were hang'd an' brunt. this game was play'd in mony lands, an' auld-light caddies bure sic hands, that faith, the youngsters took the sands wi' nimble shanks; till lairds forbad, by strict commands, sic bluidy pranks. but new-light herds gat sic a cowe, folk thought them ruin'd stick-an-stowe; till now, amaist on ev'ry knowe ye'll find ane plac'd; an' some their new-light fair avow, just quite barefac'd. nae doubt the auld-light flocks are bleatin; their zealous herds are vex'd an' sweatin; mysel', i've even seen them greetin wi' girnin spite, to hear the moon sae sadly lied on by word an' write. but shortly they will cowe the louns! some auld-light herds in neebor touns are mind't, in things they ca' balloons, to tak a flight; an' stay ae month amang the moons an' see them right. guid observation they will gie them; an' when the auld moon's gaun to lea'e them, the hindmaist shaird, they'll fetch it wi' them just i' their pouch; an' when the new-light billies see them, i think they'll crouch! sae, ye observe that a' this clatter is naething but a “moonshine matter”; but tho' dull prose-folk latin splatter in logic tulyie, i hope we bardies ken some better than mind sic brulyie.