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title: "Impromptu on Carron Iron Works"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1787"
location: "Edinburgh"
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/impromptu-on-carron-iron-works/"
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# Impromptu on Carron Iron Works

## Poem
We cam na here to view your warks,  
In hopes to be mair wise,  
But only, lest we gang to hell,  
It may be nae surprise:  
But when we tirl’d at your door  
Your porter dought na hear us;  
Sae may, shou’d we to Hell’s yetts come,  
Your billy Satan sair us!

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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/impromptu-on-carron-iron-works/