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Kill I)avie, man. wetll thoti remembers the time,
Wlite'n twa brisk/ young" <allands, and just in our prime,
The prince led us, conquer'd, and shaw'd us the way,
And mony a braw chield fre ttrrn'd cauld on that day,
Still again I would ventuTfe this auld trun|b-<-«f mine,
Cnu'd our General bitt lead, and we fight as langsyne.
But garrison duty is a' we can do,
Tim 1 our arms are worn w-eak yet our hearts are 'still true;
We car\l na for dangers by land, or by sea,
For time is ttrrnd coward, and no you and me^
And tho' at our fate we may sadly repine,
Yonth winna return, nor the strength of langsyne.
When after our conquests, it joys me to mind,
How thy Jane .carress'd.J thee, and my Meg was v kind;
The) 1 shar'd of our danger, tho' ever so hard,
And we c ar'd na for |ilirnder when sic our reward!
F.ven now they're resolv'd baith their names to resign,
And will share the hard fate they were iis'd to langsyne.