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WHOM will you send to London town, | |
To Parliament and a that? | |
Or wha in a the country round | |
The best deserves to fa that? | |
For a that, and a that, | 5 |
Thro Galloway and a that, | |
Where is the Laird or belted Knight | |
The best deserves to fa that? | |
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Wha sees Kerroughtrees open yett, | |
(And wha ist never saw that?) | 10 |
Wha ever wi Kerroughtree met, | |
And has a doubt of a that? | |
For a that, and a that, | |
Heres Heron yet for a that! | |
The independent patriot, | 15 |
The honest man, and a that. | |
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Tho wit and worth, in either sex, | |
Saint Marys Isle can shaw that, | |
Wi Dukes and Lords let Selkirk mix, | |
And weel does Selkirk fa that. | 20 |
For a that, and a that, | |
Heres Heron yet for a that! | |
The independent commoner | |
Shall be the man for a that. | |
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But why should we to Nobles jouk, | 25 |
And ist against the law, that? | |
For why, a Lord may be a gowk, | |
Wi ribband, star and a that, | |
For a that, and a that, | |
Heres Heron yet for a that! | 30 |
A Lord may be a lousy loun, | |
Wi ribband, star and a that. | |
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A beardless boy comes oer the hills, | |
Wi uncles purse and a that; | |
But well hae ane frae mang oursels, | 35 |
A man we ken, and a that. | |
For a that, and a that, | |
Heres Heron yet for a that! | |
For were not to be bought and sold, | |
Like naigs, and nowt, and a that. | 40 |
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Then let us drinkThe Stewartry, | |
Kerroughtrees laird, and a that, | |
Our representative to be, | |
For weel hes worthy a that. | |
For a that, and a that, | 45 |
Heres Heron yet for a that! | |
A House of Commons such as he, | |
They wad be blest that saw that. | |
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