The songs and poems of Robert Tannahill With biography, illustrations, and music |
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SILLER STANDS FOR SENSE.
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SILLER STANDS FOR SENSE.
WRITTEN BY TANNAHILL, WHEN RESIDENT IN ENGLAND, ON A COUNTRY JUSTICE.
What gars yon gentry gang wi' Jock,And ca' him Sir and Master?
The greatest dunce, the biggest block,
That ever Nature cuist her;
Yet see, they 've placed this human stock
Strict justice to dispense:
Which plainly shows yon meikle folk
Think siller stands for sense.
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