Say, shall we skim o'er this earth below,

Beholding its scenes of joy and woe;

And try to reward the virtuous heart,

And make the unjust and the sinner smart?

Or shall we choose the star of love,

In a holy twilight still to move;

Or fly to frolic, light and boon,

On the silver mountains of the moon?

O, tell us, for we hae nane beside!

Our daddy's gane, and our mammy's a bride.