Burns: Poems, by Robert Burns

Sounding Smart (without being smart)

Whyles the verse o’ Burnsie
Gang aft o’er my head
I doubt na why earth born companion,
Tha’ tim’rous Steinbeck,
Used th’ lyne “o’ mice an’ men”
For th’ title o’ his booksie.

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