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T: the HONEST MAN
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.118-123
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
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W:2.What though on hamely fare we dine,
W:    Wear hodden grey, and a' that?
W:  Gie fools their silk, and knaves their wine,
W:    A man's a man for a' that.
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:        Their tinsel shew, and a' that;
W:      An honest man, though ne'er sae poor.
W:        Is chief o' men, for a' that.
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W:
W:3.Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord,
W:    Wha struts and stares, and a' that,
W:  Though hundreds worship at his word,
W:    He's but a coof, for a' that.
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:        His ribband, star, and a' that;
W:      A man o' independent mind
W:        Can look and laugh at a* that.
W:
W:4.The king can mak a belted knight,
W:    A marquis, duke, and a' that;
W:  An honest man's aboon his might,
W:    Guid faith, he manna fa' that!
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:        His dignities, and a' that;
W:      The pith o' sense, and pride o' worthy
W:        Are grander far than a' that.
W:
W:5.Then let us pray that come it may,
W:    As come it shall, for a' that,
W:  When sense and worth, o'er a' the earth,
W:    Shall bear the gree, and a' that.
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:        It's coming yet, for a' that,
W:      When man and man, the warld o'er,
W:      Shall brithers be, and a' that.
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T: HOW HARD'S THE FATE OF WOMANKIND
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W:1.How hard's the fate of womankind,
W:    When I think on't, for a' that;
W:  Though they meet a laddie to their mind,
W:    They darena tell't, for a' that.
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:          And twice as meikle's a' that ;
W:      Though they looe the laddie e'er sae weel,
W:        They dare na tell, for a' that.
W:
W:2.The warld's sae censorious grown,
W:    When I think on't, for a' that,
W:  Gars us conceal our sentiments,
W:    And say we hate, and a' that.
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:        And twice as meikle's a' that;
W:      Though we looe the laddie e'er sae weel,
W:        We dare na tell, for a' that.
W:
W:3.But I was never ane o' these
W:    That play the fool, and a' that;
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W:  For the lad looes me that I like best.
W:    And he'll be mine, for a' that.
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:        And twice as meikle's a' that,
W:      The bonny lad that I iooe best
W:        Shall be my ain, for a' that.
W:
W:4.And now we're married, and do live
W:    In plenty, peace, and a' that;
W:  I'm happy in my laddie's arms,
W:    Baith night and day, and a' that.
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:        And twice as meikle's a' that,
W:      The bonny lad that I looe best
W:        Is now my ain, for a' that.
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T: THOUGH WOMEN'S MINDS
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W:1.Though women's minds, like winter winds,
W:    May shift and turn, and a' that,
W:  The noblest breast adores them maist,
W:    A consequence I draw that.
W:      For a' that, and a' that,
W:        And twice as meikle's a' that,
W:      The bonny lass that I looe best
W:        She'll be my ain, for a' that.
W:
W:2.Great love I bear to a' the fair,
W:    Their humble slave, and a' that;
W:  But lordly will, I hold it still
W:    A mortal sin to thraw that.
W:      For a' that, &c.
W:
W:3.But there is ane aboon the lave
W:    Has wit and sense, and a' that;
W:  A bonny lass, 1 like her best,
W:    And wha a crime dare ca' that.
W:      For a' that, &c.
W:
W:4.In rapture sweet this hour we meet,
W:    Wi' mutual love, and a' that;
W:  But for how lang the flie may stang,
W:    Let inclination law that.
W:      For a' that, &c.
W:
W:5.Their tricks and craft hae put me daft.
W:    They've ta'en me in, and a' that;
W:  But clear your decks, and here's the sex
W:    I like the jades for a' that.
W:      For a' that, &c.
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