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title: "Epitaph on Wm. Hood, Senr., in Tarbolton"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1784"
location: "Mossgiel"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/epitaph-on-wm-hood-senr-in-tarbolton/"
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# Epitaph on Wm. Hood, Senr., in Tarbolton

## Poem
Here Souter Hood in death does sleep;  
To hell if he’s gane thither,  
Satan, gie him thy gear to keep;  
He’ll haud it weel thegither.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
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