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Tullochgorum's my delight,
It gars us a' in ane unite>
And ony fumphthat keeps up fpite,
In confcience I abhor him.
Blithe and merry we's be a,
Blithe and merry, blithe and merry,
Blithe and merry we's be a'
To make a chearfu' quorum.
Blithe and merry, -we's be a',
As lang's we ha'e a breath to draw,
And dance 5 'till we be like to fa'.
The reel of Tullochgorum .
There needs na' be fo great a phrafe
Wi* dringing dull Ttalian lays,
I wadna gi'e our ain Strathfpeys
For half a hundred fcore o'em:
They're douff and dowie at the beft,
Douff and dowie ? douff and dowie;
They're douff and dowie at the beft,
Wi' a' their variorum:
They're douff and dowie at the beft,
Their Allegros, and a' the reft,
They cannot pleafe a Sco'tifh > tafte,
Compar'd wi' Tullochgorum.
Let warldly minds themfelves opprefs
Wi' fear of want, and double cefs ;
And filly fauls themfelves diftrefs
Wi' keeping up decorum :
Shall we fae four and fulky lit,
Sour and fulky, four and fulky;
Shall we fae four and fulky .fit,
Like auld Philofophorum?
Shall we fae four and fulky fit,
Wi'neither fenfe,nor mirth, nor wit,
And canna rife to fhake a fit,
At the reel of Tullochgorum
May choiceft blefsings ftill attend
Each honeft- hearted open friend,
And calm and quiet be his end,
Be a' that's good before him!
May peace and plenty be hi* lot,
Peace and plenty, peace and plenty;
May peace and plenty be his lot,
And dainties a' great ftore oem.
May peace and plenty be his lot,
Unftain'd by any vicious blot;
And may he never want a groat
That's fond of Tullochgorum,
But for the difcontented fool,
Who wants to be opprefsion's tool.
May envy gnaw his rotten foul,
And blackeft fiends devore him!
May dool and forrow be hi.* chance,
Dool and forrow, dool and for row,'
May dool and forrow be his chance,
And honeft fouls abhor him!
May doo! and forrow be his chanee,
And a' the ills that come frae Frai « < .
Whoe'er he be that wihra dance
The reel of Tullochgorum.