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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