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6 FOR A THAT, AND A THAT.

Tho' women's minds like winter winds May shift and turn and that. The noblest breast adores them maist, A consequence I draw that,

For a' that and a' that, And twice as meikle's a' that, The bonny lass that I loe best She'll be my ain for a' that.

Great love I bear to all the fair, Their hum e slave, and that: But ford y wil, I hold it still, A mortal sin to thraw that. For a' ta, &c.

But there is ane aboon the lave Has wit, and sense, and a that; A bonny lass, I like her best, And wha a crime dare ca that? For a' that, &c.

In rapture sweet this hour we meet, WP' mutual love, and a' that; But for how lang the flee may stang, Let inclination law that. For a' that, &c.