THE POEMS & SONGS OF ROBERT TANNAHILL
With Life and Notes by David Semple F.S.A.
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RICH GRIP-US
RICH
Grip-us pretends he's my patron and friend,
That at all times to serve me he's willing,
But he looks down so sour on the suppliant poor,
That I'd starve ere I'd ask him one shilling.
[Semple 44]