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MOUNTAIN DEW. |
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MOUNTAIN DEW.
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Mountain Dew! clear as a Scot's understanding,Pure as his conscience wherever he goes,
Warm as his heart to the friend he has chosen,
Strong as his arm when he fights with his foes!
In liquor like this should old Scotland be toasted;
So fill up again, and the pledge we'll renew.
Long flourish the honour
Her children have won her;—
Scotland for ever, and old Mountain Dew!
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May her worth, like her Lowland streams, roll on unceasing;Her fame, like her Highland hills, last evermore;
May the cold of her glens be confined to the climate,
Nor enter the heart, tho' it creep through the door;
And never may we, while we love and revere her,
As long as we're brave, and warm-hearted, and true,
Want reason to boast her,—
Or whisky to toast her;—
Scotland for ever, and old Mountain Dew!
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