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O FOR ANE-AND-TWENTY, TAM.
Words by Burns. Air-" The Moudiewart." Key-note D.
O For ane-and-twenty, Tam!
And hey sweet ane-and-twenty, Tam!
I'll learn my kin a rattlin' sang,
An' I saw ane-and-twenty, Tam!
They snool me sair and haud me down,
And gar me look like bluntie, Tam;
But three short years will soon wheel roun',
And then comes ane-and-twenty, Tam,
O for ane-and-twenty, Tam, &c.
A glebe o' lan', a claut o'gear,
Was left me by my auntie, Tam;
At kith or kin I needna spier,
An' I saw ane-and-twenty, Tam.
O for ane-and-twenty, Tam, &c.
They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof,
Tho' I myseľ hae plenty, Tam;
But hear'st thou laddie, there's my loof,
I'm thine at ane-and-twenty, Tam.
O for ane-and-twenty, Tam, &c.
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THE TARTAN PLAID.
Words by JOHN IMLAH. Music by Jos. DE PINNA. Key-note G.
O The bonnie, bonnie tartan plaid,
The ancient highland tartan plaid;
For gallant youth and lovely maid,
Oh! well become the tartan plaid.
The belted plaid and highland trews,
They blend the rainbow's varied hues;
And a' true Scots are best arrayed,
When folded in the tartan plaid.
O the bonnie, bonnie, &c.
The garb our gallant fathers wore,
With pistol, dark, and broad claymore;
In highland feud or lowland raid,
Their war-cloak was the tartan plaid.
O the bonnie, &c.
O! I never may auld Scotland view,
A traitor 'neath the bonnet blue,
And never, never be it said,
A coward wore the tartan plaid !
O the bonnie, & c.
