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Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
Night is the mother of Councels.
Night is the mother of Councels.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
