Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 339. Song—O for ane an’ twenty, Tam |
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| Chorus.—An’ O for ane an’ twenty, Tam! | |
| And hey, sweet ane an’ twenty, Tam! | |
| I’ll learn my kin a rattlin’ sang, | |
| An’ I saw ane an’ twenty, Tam. | |
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| THEY snool me sair, and haud me down, | 5 |
| An’ gar me look like bluntie, Tam; | |
| But three short years will soon wheel roun’, | |
| An’ then comes ane an’ twenty, Tam. | |
| An’ O for, &c. | |
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| A glieb o’ lan’, a claut o’ gear, | 10 |
| Was left me by my auntie, Tam; | |
| At kith or kin I need na spier, | |
| An I saw ane an’ twenty, Tam. | |
| An’ O for, &c. | |
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| They’ll hae me wed a wealthy coof, | 15 |
| Tho’ I mysel’ hae plenty, Tam; | |
| But, hear’st thou laddie! there’s my loof, | |
| I’m thine at ane an’ twenty, Tam! | |
| An’ O for, &c. | |
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