CHORUS
For a' that, an' a' that,
And twice as muckle's a' that; [much]
I've lost but ane, I've twa behin',
I've wife eneugh for a' that.
I never drank the Muses' stank, [pond]
Castalia's burn, an' a' that;
But there it streams, an' richly reams! [foams]
My Helicon I ca' that.
Great love I bear to a' the fair,
Their humble slave, an' a' that;
But lordly will, I hold it still
A mortal sin to thraw that. [thwart]
In raptures sweet this hour we meet
Wi' mutual love, an' a' that;
But for how lang the flee may stang, [fly, sting]
Let inclination law that. [regulate]
Their tricks and craft hae put me daft, [crazy]
They've ta'en me in, an' a' that;
But clear your decks, an' _Here's the sex!_
I like the jads for a' that. [jades]
For a' that, and a' that,
And twice as muckle's a' that,
My dearest bluid, to do them guid,
They're welcome till't, for a' that. [to it]
Recitativo
So sung the bard--and Nansie's wa's [walls]
Shook with a thunder of applause,
Re-echo'd from each mouth;
They toom'd their pocks, an' pawn'd their duds.
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