Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad First


 * Whom will you send to London town,
 * To Parliament and a' that?
 * Or wha in a' the country round
 * The best deserves to fa' that?
 * For a' that, and a' that,
 * Thro' Galloway and a' that,
 * Where is the Laird or belted Knight
 * The best deserves to fa' that?


 * Wha sees Kerroughtree's open yett,
 * (And wha is't never saw that?)
 * Wha ever wi' Kerroughtree met,
 * And has a doubt of a' that?
 * For a' that, and a' that,
 * Here's Heron yet for a' that!
 * The independent patriot,
 * The honest man, and a' that.


 * Tho' wit and worth, in either sex,
 * Saint Mary's Isle can shaw that,
 * Wi' Dukes and Lords let Selkirk mix,
 * And weel does Selkirk fa' that.
 * For a' that, and a' that,
 * Here's Heron yet for a' that!
 * The independent commoner
 * Shall be the man for a' that.


 * But why should we to Nobles jouk,
 * And is't against the law, that?
 * For why, a Lord may be a gowk,
 * Wi' ribband, star and a' that,
 * For a' that, and a' that,
 * Here's Heron yet for a' that!
 * A Lord may be a lousy loun,
 * Wi' ribband, star and a' that.


 * A beardless boy comes o'er the hills,
 * Wi' uncle's purse and a' that;
 * But we'll hae ane frae mang oursels,
 * A man we ken, and a' that.
 * For a' that, and a' that,
 * Here's Heron yet for a' that!
 * For we're not to be bought and sold,
 * Like naigs, and nowt, and a' that.


 * Then let us drink-The Stewartry,
 * Kerroughtree's laird, and a' that,
 * Our representative to be,
 * For weel he's worthy a' that.
 * For a' that, and a' that,
 * Here's Heron yet for a' that!
 * A House of Commons such as he,
 * They wad be blest that saw that.