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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 Kerroughtree’s open yett, | |
| (And wha is’t never saw that?) | 10 |
| Wha ever wi’ Kerroughtree met, | |
| And has a doubt of a’ that? | |
| For a’ that, and a’ that, | |
| Here’s 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 Mary’s Isle can shaw that, | |
| Wi’ Dukes and Lords let Selkirk mix, | |
| And weel does Selkirk fa’ that. | 20 |
| For a’ that, and a’ that, | |
| Here’s 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 is’t against the law, that? | |
| For why, a Lord may be a gowk, | |
| Wi’ ribband, star and a’ that, | |
| For a’ that, and a’ that, | |
| Here’s 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 o’er the hills, | |
| Wi’ uncle’s purse and a’ that; | |
| But we’ll hae ane frae mang oursels, | 35 |
| A man we ken, and a’ that. | |
| For a’ that, and a’ that, | |
| Here’s Heron yet for a’ that! | |
| For we’re not to be bought and sold, | |
| Like naigs, and nowt, and a’ that. | 40 |
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| Then let us drink—The Stewartry, | |
| Kerroughtree’s laird, and a’ that, | |
| Our representative to be, | |
| For weel he’s worthy a’ that. | |
| For a’ that, and a’ that, | 45 |
| Here’s Heron yet for a’ that! | |
| A House of Commons such as he, | |
| They wad be blest that saw that. | |
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