On Tam The Chapman
on tam the chapman as tam the chapman on a day, wi'death forgather'd by the way, weel pleas'd, he greets a wight so famous, and death was nae less pleas'd wi' thomas, wha cheerfully lays down his pack, and there blaws up a hearty crack: his social, friendly, honest heart sae tickled death, they could na part; sae, after viewing knives and garters, death taks him hame to gie him quarters.