An’ the only proper go,

Was drinkin’ drams.

It’s true that he can see

Auld Nick, wi’ gloatin’ e’e,

Just waitin’ till he dee

’Mid frichts an’ dwams;

But what’s Auld Nick to him,

Or palsied tongue or limb,

Wi’ glass filled to the brim,

When drinkin’ drams.