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tam o'shanter by robert burns - john laurie lyrics lyrics

but to our tale:—ae market night
tam had got planted unco right
fast by an ingle, bleezing finely
wi’ reaming swats that drank divinely;
and at his elbow, souter johnie
his ancient, trusty, drouthy crony:
tam lo’ed him like a vera brither;
they had been fou for weeks thegither
the night drave on wi’ sangs and clatter;
and ay the ale was growing better:
the landlady and tam grew gracious
wi’ secret favours, sweet, and precious:
the souter tauld his queerest stories;
the landlord’s laugh was ready chorus:
the storm without might rair and rustle
tam did na mind the storm a whistle

care, mad to see a man saе happy
e’en drown’d himsel amang the nappy:
as bees flee hamе wi’ lades o’ treasure
the minutes wing’d their way wi’ pleasure;
kings may be blest, but tam was glorious
o’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious!

but pleasures are like poppies spread
you seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed;
or like the snow falls in the river
a moment white—then melts forever;
or like the borealis race
that flit ere you can point their place;
or like the rainbow’s lovely form
evanishing amid the storm
nae man can tether time or tide:
the hour approaches tam maun ride

- tam oshanter by robert burns lyrics

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