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206 THE POCKET SONGSTER;
Then why should folks brag of prosperity, O,
A straiten'd life we see is no rarity, O,
Indeed we've been in want,
And our living been but scant,
Yet we never were reduced to need charity, O.
In this house we first cam thegither, O,
Where we've lang been father and mither, O,
And though not of stane and lime,
It will last us a' our time,
And, I hope, we shall never need anither, O.
And when we leave this habitation, O,
We'll depart with a good commendation, O,
We'll go hand in hand, I wiss,
To a better house than this.
To make room for the next generation, O.
Then why should old age so much wound us, O,
There's is naething in't at all to confound us, O,
For how happy now am I,
With my old wife sitting by,
And our bairns and our oys all around us, O.
Rev* J. Skinner •
IS THERE FOR HONEST POVERTY,
Tune — For a that, an a' that.
Is there for honest poverty,
Wha hangs his head an' a that ;
The coward slave we pass him by,
And davc be poor for a" that !