Robert Burns: How To Know Him

by William Allan Neilson

And now I have liv'd—I know not how long,

And still I can join in a cup or a song;

But whilst with both hands I can hold the glass steady,

Here's to thee, my hero, my sodger laddie!

Recitativo

Poor Merry Andrew in the neuk corner

Sat guzzling wi' a tinkler hizzie; tinker wench

They mind't na wha the chorus teuk, took

Between themselves they were sae busy,

At length, wi' drink and courting dizzy,