James Drummond Burns Quotes and Quotations
Let us do or die. O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. Should auld acquaintances be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o'auld lang syne? I have been dying for twenty years, now I am going to live. Gin a body meets a body Comin' through the rye. Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry? Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die. Life is but a day at most. Oh my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. A man's a man for a' that! Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright! In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep. Some hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit. Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion. She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine. And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair.
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