 | The songs and poems of Robert Tannahill |  |
THE GUINEA NOTE.
WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A GUINEA NOTE.
Thou little badge of independence,Thou mak'st e'en pride dance mean attendance;
Thou sure hast magic in thy looks;
Gives poets taste for tasteless books;
Makes lawyers lie, makes courtiers flatter;
And wily statesmen patriots clatter;
Makes ancient maids seem young again,
At sixty, beauteous as sixteen;
Makes foes turn friends, and friends turn foes,
And drugmen brew the pois'ning dose,
And ev'n as common say prevails,
Thou mak'st e'en Justice tip the scales.
| The songs and poems of Robert Tannahill | |