Has he no seen wi’ his ain ee
Auld Reekie’s lums?
Drumtochty’s kent as weel’s E.C.
And sae is Thrums.
Ou aye, there’s noucht he disna ken
O’ Scottish life and Scottish men.
Wi’ lugs attentive let us then
List to his railin’s,
And humbly set oorsels to men’
Oor mony failin’s.