A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT

[tote 869]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjr5boTgis4

 

Have a listen.

[Ratman2 2]

Nice tune but it needs sub titles.

[tote 869]

Here ye go.

 

 

Is there for honest poverty

That hangs his head, an' a' that

The coward slave, we pass him by

We dare be poor for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

The rank is but the guinea's stamp

The man's the gowd(gold) for a' that

What though on hamely(homely) fare we dine

Wear hoddin grey(course wollen cloth), an' a' that

Gie(give) fools their silks, and knaves their wine

A man's a man, for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

Their tinsel show an' a' that

The honest man, though e'er sae poor

Is king o' men for a' that

Ye see yon birkie(fellow) ca'd a lord

Wha struts an' stares an' a' that

Tho' hundreds worship at his word

He's but a coof(fool) for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

The man o' independent mind

He looks an' laughs at a' that

A prince can mak'(make) a belted knight

A marquise, duke, an' a' that

But an honest man's aboon( above) his might

Gude(good) faith, he maunna( must not) fa' that

For a' that an' a' that

Their dignities an' a' that

The pith o' sense an' pride o' worth

Are higher rank that a' that

Then let us pray that come it may

(as come it will for a' that)

That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth

Shall bear the gree( have priority) an' a' that

For a' that an' a' that

It's coming yet for a' that

That man to man, the world o'er

Shall brithers( brothers) be for a' that

[bill88 6]

Here ye go.

 

 

Is there for honest poverty

That hangs his head, an' a' that

The coward slave, we pass him by

We dare be poor for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

The rank is but the guinea's stamp

The man's the gowd(gold) for a' that

What though on hamely(homely) fare we dine

Wear hoddin grey(course wollen cloth), an' a' that

Gie(give) fools their silks, and knaves their wine

A man's a man, for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

Their tinsel show an' a' that

The honest man, though e'er sae poor

Is king o' men for a' that

Ye see yon birkie(fellow) ca'd a lord

Wha struts an' stares an' a' that

Tho' hundreds worship at his word

He's but a coof(fool) for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

The man o' independent mind

He looks an' laughs at a' that

A prince can mak'(make) a belted knight

A marquise, duke, an' a' that

But an honest man's aboon( above) his might

Gude(good) faith, he maunna( must not) fa' that

For a' that an' a' that

Their dignities an' a' that

The pith o' sense an' pride o' worth

Are higher rank that a' that

Then let us pray that come it may

(as come it will for a' that)

That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth

Shall bear the gree( have priority) an' a' that

For a' that an' a' that

It's coming yet for a' that

That man to man, the world o'er

Shall brithers( brothers) be for a' that

 

 

Proper poetry,none of that shakespeare rubbish.

[Rolfe 2]

Here ye go.

 

 

Is there for honest poverty

That hangs his head, an' a' that

The coward slave, we pass him by

We dare be poor for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

The rank is but the guinea's stamp

The man's the gowd(gold) for a' that

What though on hamely(homely) fare we dine

Wear hoddin grey(course wollen cloth), an' a' that

Gie(give) fools their silks, and knaves their wine

A man's a man, for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

Their tinsel show an' a' that

The honest man, though e'er sae poor

Is king o' men for a' that

Ye see yon birkie(fellow) ca'd a lord

Wha struts an' stares an' a' that

Tho' hundreds worship at his word

He's but a coof(fool) for a' that

For a' that, an' a' that

The man o' independent mind

He looks an' laughs at a' that

A prince can mak'(make) a belted knight

A marquise, duke, an' a' that

But an honest man's aboon( above) his might

Gude(good) faith, he maunna( must not) fa' that

For a' that an' a' that

Their dignities an' a' that

The pith o' sense an' pride o' worth

Are higher rank that a' that

Then let us pray that come it may

(as come it will for a' that)

That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth

Shall bear the gree( have priority) an' a' that

For a' that an' a' that

It's coming yet for a' that

That man to man, the world o'er

Shall brithers( brothers) be for a' that

 

 

Proper poetry,none of that shakespeare rubbish.

Bill is that Burns...........or Stanley Unwin

Have a good one mate....!

 

Rolfe.