 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 psl.
...Tam 1 hadst thou but been sae wise, As taen thy ain wife Kate's advice 1 She tauld thee weel thon was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum;...thou was nae sober, That ilka melder, wi* the miller, Thon sat as lang as thou had siller ; That ev'ry naig was ca'da shoe on, The smith and thee gat roaring... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 psl.
...wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tarn ! had'st thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 psl.
...wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum That frae November till October Ae market-day... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 psl.
...! had'st them but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She taukl thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day them was nae sober ; That ilka melder, wi' the miller, Thou sat as Jang as thou had siller ; That ev'ry... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 psl.
...wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses). O Tam! had'st thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 psl.
...whom ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tam ! hadst thou but been aae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum : That frae November till October, Ae market-day... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 psl.
...wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses). O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 psl.
...Tam ! had thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thce weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum...sober ; That ilka melder, wi' the miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; That ev'ry naig was ca'da shoe on, The smith and thee gat roaring fou on... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 psl.
...wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses). O Tam ! had'st thou but been sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; That frae November till October, Ae market-day... | |
 | William Carr - 1828 - 364 psl.
...or the BELG. melk. Wilbraham. MELDER, The quantity of oats that is ground at one time. LAT. molo. " That ilka melder, wi the miller Thou sat as long as thou had siller." MELL, A mallet or mall. Mr. Tomlinson, Ray's correspondent, derives it from AS mell, crux, from a fancied... | |
| |
Shanter, As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses). 
