Strong as a rock.
A guide, a buckler, an example,
To a’ thy flock.
O L—d, thou kens what zeal I bear,
When drinkers drink, and swearers swear,
And singin’ here, and dancing there,
Wi’ great and sma’:
For I am keepit by thy fear,
Free frae them a’.
But yet, O L—d! confess I must,