Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

You harp perpetually on the same string.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.

A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.

The wind in ones face makes one wise.

The wind in ones face makes one wise.

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.

The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.