The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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The Souters o' Selkirk.
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The Souters o' Selkirk.
Up wi' the souters o' Selkirk,
The sons of an auld pedigree!
An' up wi' the lads o' the forest,
Renown'd for their leal loyaltie!
I may be mista'en, but I carena,
My error I never shall rue;
Of all manly virtues, I value
The heart that is loyal and true.
Sing umptidy-tumptidy tearhim, &c.
The sons of an auld pedigree!
An' up wi' the lads o' the forest,
Renown'd for their leal loyaltie!
I may be mista'en, but I carena,
My error I never shall rue;
Of all manly virtues, I value
The heart that is loyal and true.
Sing umptidy-tumptidy tearhim, &c.
Let them brag o' their factious republics,
Of brawling an' plebeian birth;
The land that has got a good sovereign,
Has got the best blessing on earth.
Then up wi' our auld-fashion'd structure,
An' Willie the tap o' the tree!
An' up wi' the souters o' Selkirk!
The sons o' auld heroes for me!
Sing umptidy-tumptidy tearhim,
Sing umptidy-tumptidy tee;
Then up wi' the souters o' Selkirk,
The sons o' auld heroes for me!
Of brawling an' plebeian birth;
The land that has got a good sovereign,
Has got the best blessing on earth.
Then up wi' our auld-fashion'd structure,
An' Willie the tap o' the tree!
An' up wi' the souters o' Selkirk!
The sons o' auld heroes for me!
Sing umptidy-tumptidy tearhim,
Sing umptidy-tumptidy tee;
Then up wi' the souters o' Selkirk,
The sons o' auld heroes for me!
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