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Robert Burns - How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
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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. [emptied, pokes, rags]
They scarcely left to co'er their fads, [cover, tails]
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