Aye [always] fairest feathers have the farthest fowls.
Ay farest faderis hes farrest fowlis.
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Compare: Burns, "Here's to thy health my bonie lass", st. 4
Man, pleis thy makar and be mirry,
And sett not by this warld a chirry.
My deathe chasis my lyfe so besalie
That wery is my goist to fle so fast.
All wemen of us suld haif honoring,
Service and luve, aboif all uthir thing.
Ay farest faderis hes farrest fowlis.
Aye fairest feathers have the farthest fowls.
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