chunk: To think how mony counsels sweet,
  
  How mony lengthen'd, sage advices,
  
  The husband frae the wife despises!
  Tam continues to drink and even flirts with the landlady of the pub. Eventually he mounts up and rides off on his grey mare Meg, for his long, dark, lonely ride home. Burns emphasises the spooky character of the Ayrshire countryside Tam has to ride throughâbut of course it is much easier as he is drunk:
  Inspiring bold John Barleycorn!
  
  What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
  
  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;