Wha for Scotland's king and law Let him follow me! By oppression's woes and pains ! But they shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Let us do, or die ! MONTGOMERY’S PEGGY. A FRAGMENT. TUNE—“Galla Water." Altho'my bed were in yon muir Amang the heather, in my plaidie, Yet happy, happy would I be, Had I my dear Montgomery's Peggy. When o’er the hill beat surly storms, An' winter nights were dark and rainy, I'd seek some dell, an’ in my arms I'd shelter dear Montgomery's Peggy. For a that, an' a' that. 37 Were I a baron proud an' high, An' horse an' servants waiting ready, The sharin 't with Montgomery's Peggy. FOR A' THAT, AN'A' THAT. TUNE-"For a' that, an' a' that.” [“The following will be allowed, I think, to be two or three pretty good prose thoughts inverted into rhyme. I do not give you the song for your book, but merely by way of vive la bagatelle; for the piece is not really poetry.”--Burns to G. Thomson.) Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, an' a' that? We dare be poor for a' that! Our toils obscure, an'a' that, The man 's the gowd for a' that. What tho'on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, an' a' that; A man 's a man for a' that; Their tinsel show, an'a' that; 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 riband, star, an' a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks an' laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that; But an honest man 's aboon his might, Gude faith he maunna fa' that. For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities, an' a' that, The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense an’ worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, an' a' that. For a' that, an' a' that, It's coming yet, for a' that, That man to man, the warld o’er, Shall brothers be for a' that. My Nannie, 0. 39 MY NANNIE, O. TUNE—“My Nannie, O.” ["I have often thought that no man can be a proper critic of love composition except he himself, in one or more instances, have been a warm votary of this passion. Whether ‘My Nannie, O' will stand the test I will not pretend to say, because it is my own; only I can say it was at the time genuine from the heart.”—Burns's Commonplace Book.] BEHIND yon hills where Lugar flows, Mang moors an' mosses many, 0, An' I'll awa’ to Nannie, O. The westlin wind blaws loud an' shrill: The night's baith mirk an' rainy, 0; An' owre the hills to Nannie, 0. 0: My Nannie's charming, sweet, an' young; ye, That wad beguile my Nannie, O. Her face is fair, her heart is true, As spotless as she's bonnie, 0: Nae purer is than Nannie, 0. A country lad is my degree, An' few there be that ken me, 0); But what care I how few they be? I'm welcome aye to Nannie, O. My riches a's my penny-fee, An' I maun guide it cannie, 0; gear ne'er troubles me, Our auld gudeman delights to view His sheep an' kye thrive bonnie, 0; An' has nae care but Nannie, O. Come weel, come woe, I care na by, I'll tak’ what Heav'n will sen' me, 0); But live, an' love my Nannie, O. UP IN THE MORNING EARLY. Tune-"Cold blows the wind." (“The chorus of this song is old; the two stanzas are mine." —Burns.] CHORUS. Up in the morning 's no for me, Up in the morning early; I'm sure it 's winter fairly. |