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Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns: Part XII

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Burns, Robert

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Part XII

song-For A' That^1

tune-"For a' that."

Tho' women's minds, like winter winds, May shift, and turn, an' a' that, The noblest breast adores them maist- A consequence I draw that.

Chorus

For a' that, an' a' that, And twice as meikle's a' that; The bonie lass that I loe best She'll be my ain for a' that.

Great love I bear to a' the fair, Their humble slave, an' a' that; But lordly will, I hold it still A mortal sin to thraw that. For a' that, &c.

But there is ane aboon the lave, Has wit, and sense, an' a' that; A bonie lass, I like her best, And wha a ...

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