What? Sprung frae an ape wi' a danglin' bit tailie?
Evolved by a process o' naiteral law?
What? Me, Sir? An Elder i' Kirk an' a Bailie?
That boast o' the bluid o' the Yellow Macaw?
Ye'd gar be takin' me graunfeyther's Bible
An' write doun "Gorilla" the sire o' us a'?
Na, na! 'Tisna me that's the traitor tae libel
The family tree o' the Yellow Macaw.
We gang straught awa' through the son o' ta Phairshons
Tae Noah an' Adam, and back to the Fa',