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For a' that, an' a' hatj
An' twice as mu kle's a* thatj
My do them guid ?
They're welcome tili't, for a' thai*
Rccit tin*
So fung the ba- 0- an* Nanfie's wa's
Shook we a thunder ofapplaufe,
Re-ech'/d from each mouth ;
They toom'd their pocks' an* pawn'd their duds.
They fcarcely left to co'er their fuds,
To quench their lown drouth.
; Then owre again,, the jovial thrang t
The poet did requeft,
fo lowfe his pack an' wale a fang,
A ballad o' the bed :
He, riling, rtjoicing
Between his twa Deborahs,
L>ook3 round him, and found theoa
Impatient for the chorus.
AIR.
Tune J.:. :■ t 's fill your gl
lee ! the fmoking bowl before us,
Mark our jovial ragged ring '
Lound and round take up the chorus,,
And in raptures let. us ling.
C H O R U S.
A fig for thofe by law protect :d \
i :,r?y* a glorious feafl !
Courts for cowards w ; t efted,