Those Who Know Poverty

May 13, 2023

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Cox's, Halley's, Eagle, Craigie, Brochie's, Baxter, Bowbrig, Cairds

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I am getting tired o'working

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But tae lose my job eh'm feared.

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Forced tae toil for bare subsistence, scorned by those wha's wealth we've made

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Even stand insults fae gaffer

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For the chance tae earn wir bread

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Let a worker, though she's richt,

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Dare dispute an overseer.

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Quick, she's telt, yer servi…

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