Sir Violino, with an air To their health that night. But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft, Her lord, a wight of Homer's craft,' He was a care-defying blade Air Tune-" For a' that, an' a' that.' I am a Bard of no regard, Chorus For a' that, an' a' that, An' twice as muckle's a' that; Homer is allowed to be the oldest ballad-singer on record.-R. B. I've lost but ane, I've twa behin', I never drank the Muses' stank, But there it streams an' richly reams, For a' that, &c. Great love I bear to a' the fair, In raptures sweet, this hour we meet, But for how lang the flie may stang, For a' that, &c. Their tricks an' craft hae put me daft, But clear your decks, and here's-" The Sex !" Chorus For a' that, an' a' that, An' twice as muckle's a' that; Recitativo So sang the bard-and Nansie's wa's Re-echo'd from each mouth! They toom'd their pocks, they pawn'd their duds, They scarcely left to co'er their fuds, To quench their lowin drouth: Then owre again, the jovial thrang To lowse his pack an' wale a sang, He rising, rejoicing, Between his twa Deborahs, Looks round him, an' found them Air Tune-" Jolly Mortals, fill your Glasses." See the smoking bowl before us, Chorus A fig for those by law protected! What is title, what is treasure, With the ready trick and fable, And at night in barn or stable, Does the train-attended carriage Life is all a variorum, We regard not how it goes; Here's to budgets, bags and wallets! Chorus A fig for those by law protected! SONG FOR A' THAT' THO' Women's minds, like winter winds, Chorus For a' that, an' a' that, And twice as meikle's a' that; Great love I bear to a' the fair, Their humble slave, an' a' that; 1 A later version of "I am a bard of no regard" in "The Jolly Beggars." But lordly will, I hold it still But there is ane aboon the lave, And wha a crime dare ca' that? In rapture sweet this hour we meet, But for how lang the flie may stang, For a' that, &c. Their tricks an' craft hae put me daft. But clear your decks, and here's-" The Sex!" For a' that, &c. SONG-MERRY HAE I BEEN TEETHIN A HECKLE O MERRY hae I been teethin a heckle, An' kissin my Katie when a' was done. An' a' the lang day I whistle and sing; Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave: And blythe be the bird that sings on her grave! |