Braes o' Birniebouzle (1823, Edinburgh)/Happy Dick Dawson
HAPPY DICK DAWSON.
Come here, we’re all jovial and hearty,
as hearty as hearty can be,
No sorrow or care to perplex us,
from trouble we never are free,
Give me the gay fellow in life,
who seldom a dull thought has known,
That would rather kiss any man's wife,
by the ore half, than he'd his own.
as hearty as hearty can be,
No sorrow or care to perplex us,
from trouble we never are free,
Give me the gay fellow in life,
who seldom a dull thought has known,
That would rather kiss any man's wife,
by the ore half, than he'd his own.
Then fill up the glasses, dear boys,
and make the best use of your time;
For belive me, there's nothing surpasses,
the joys of dear women and wine,
Since life is at best but a span,
It's as good to be merry as not,
We'll happily live while we can,
for sorrow brings nothing but thought.
and make the best use of your time;
For belive me, there's nothing surpasses,
the joys of dear women and wine,
Since life is at best but a span,
It's as good to be merry as not,
We'll happily live while we can,
for sorrow brings nothing but thought.
We'll rattle away with the lasses,
and crack a gay flask with our friends,
So thus our time merrily passes,
in taking the world as God sends.
Hang money! it's nothing but trash,
we'll be merry, though never so poor,
When we have it, we cut a great dash,
when it's gone, we ne'er think of it more.
and crack a gay flask with our friends,
So thus our time merrily passes,
in taking the world as God sends.
Hang money! it's nothing but trash,
we'll be merry, though never so poor,
When we have it, we cut a great dash,
when it's gone, we ne'er think of it more.
So let me be wealthy or not,
my spirits are alway the same,
Quite free of ev'ry dull thought,
and happy Dick Dawson's my name.
my spirits are alway the same,
Quite free of ev'ry dull thought,
and happy Dick Dawson's my name.