LINES ON A FRIEND,

_Who, before he died, expressed the desire to be laid in Wanlock._

Oh! lay me doon in Wanlock;

Untroubled I will sleep

Whaur heather grows and the burnie rowes

Awa' tae join the deep.

The friends lie there I kent langsyne,

The kindest an' the best;

Until the Resurrection Morn

Amang them let me rest.

Dear lo'ed yins that I leave 'ahin,

Oh, dinna, dinna murn;

According to great Nature's plan

Tae dust we maun return.

Oh! Wanlock, dear auld Wanlock,

Beside ye I maun be,

For God has planted in ma hert

A daithless love for thee.

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