The Year That's Awa (1)/The Year That's Awa

by John Dunlop (1755-1820)

For other versions of this work, see The Year That's Awa'.

THE YEAR THAT'S AWA'.

Set to Music by Moore

Here's to the year that's awa,
We will drink it in strong and in sma';
An' here's to ilk bonnie young lassie we lo'e;
In during the year that's awa.
An' here's to ilk, &c.

Here's to the sodger wha bled,
An' the sailor wha bravely did fa';
Through their fame is alive yet their spirits are fled,
On the wings of the year that's awa.
Though their fame is alive, &c.

Heer's to the friend we can trust,
While the storms of adversity blaw:
May they live in our song, and be nearest our hearts,
Nor depart like the year that's awa.
May they live, &c.

 

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