A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, What though on hamely fare we dine, Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, For a' that, an' a' that, Their tinsel show, an' a' that; The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie ca'd 'a lord,' Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: For a' that, an' a' that, His ribband, star, an' a' that; The man o' independent mind He looks an' laughs at a' that. A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT A prince can mak a belted knight, Their dignities, an' a' that; The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that), That Sense and Worth o'er a' the earth, Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a' that, an' a' that, It's comin' yet for a' that, That Man to Man, the world o'er, ROBERT BRUCE'S MARCH TO BANNOCKBURN SCOTS, wha hae wi' WALLACE bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to Victorie! Now's the day and now's the hour; See the front o' battle lour; See approach proud EDWARD's power— Chains and Slaverie! Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's King and Law, By Oppression's woes and pains! Let us Door Die! DOES HAUGHTY GAUL INVASION THREAT? DOES HAUGHTY GAUL INVASION THREAT? DOES haughty Gaul invasion threat? O let us not, like snarling curs, Shall British wrangs be righted! 1 Corsincon-a high hill at the source of the River Nith. Criffel moun tain at the mouth of the Nith. The Kettle o' the Kirk and State, Perhaps a clout may fail in't; Shall ever ca' a nail in't. Our FATHER'S BLUDE the Kettle bought, By Heav'ns! the sacrilegious dog The wretch that would a tyrant own, And the wretch, his true-born brother, But while we sing 'God save the King,' Burns became a member of the Dumfries Volunteers. |