Maxioms by Robert Burns
It's guid to be merry and wise,
It's guid to be honest and true,
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It's guid to be merry and wise,
It's guid to be honest and true,
It's guid to support Caledonia's cause,
And bide by the buff and the blue!
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
That hour o' night's black arch the keystane.
That hour o' night's black arch the keystane.