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title: "Grace Before and After Meat"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1793"
location: "Dumfries"
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/grace-before-and-after-meat/"
---

# Grace Before and After Meat

## Poem
O Lord, when hunger pinches sore,  
Do thou stand us in stead,  
And send us, from thy bounteous store,  
A tup or wether head! Amen.

O Lord, since we have feasted thus,  
Which we so little merit,  
Let Meg now take away the flesh,  
And Jock bring in the spirit! Amen.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/grace-before-and-after-meat/