| 1827 | |
| Ye now are panting up life's hill! 'Tis twilight time of good and ill, | 1807 |
Ye now are panting up life's hill!
'Tis twilight time of good and ill,
| 1840 | |
| Strong bodied if ye be to bear Intemperance with less harm, beware! But if your Father's wit ye share, Then, then indeed, Ye Sons of Burns! for watchful care | 1807 |
| ... for tenfold care | 1827 |
Strong bodied if ye be to bear
Intemperance with less harm, beware!
But if your Father's wit ye share,
Then, then indeed,
Ye Sons of Burns! for watchful care
... for tenfold care
The text of 1827 is otherwise identical with that of 1840.