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A 'm dootin', Miss Carnegie, the gude-wife hes keepit ye ower lang in the gairden haiverin' awa' aboot the flooers an' her ither trokes.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
An' a' wes minded tae be kind, but a' see noo mony little trokes a' micht hae dune for her, and noo the time is by.
From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
An' a' wes minded tae be kind, but a' see noo mony little trokes a' micht hae dune for her, and noo the time is bye….
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian
An' a' wes minded tae be kind, but a' see noo mony little trokes a' micht hae dune for her, and noo the time is bye....
From A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 2 by Maclaren, Ian
