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title: "Pinned to Mrs. Walter Riddell’s Carriage"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1794"
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/pinned-to-mrs-walter-riddells-carriage/"
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# Pinned to Mrs. Walter Riddell’s Carriage

## Poem
If you rattle along like your Mistress’ tongue,  
Your speed will outrival the dart;  
But a fly for your load, you’ll break down on the road,  
If your stuff be as rotten’s her heart.

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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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