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 Sell my hose and pawn my shoes,

Good ale keeps my heart aboon.

I had four owsen in a plough,

And they drew a‘ teugh enough,

I drank them a' ane by ane,

Good ale keeps my heart aboon.

Good ale comes and good ale goes. &c.

Good ale keeps me bare and bizy,

And gars me work when I am dizy,

And spend my wage when a‘ is done,

For good ale keeps my heart aboon.

Good ale comes and good ale goes.

I had forty shillings in a clout,

Good ale gart me pick them out.

Pick them out a‘ ane by ane,

Good ale keeps my heart aboon.

Good ale comes and good ale goes.

I took the muckle pot on my back,

And to the ale-house I did pack,

I spent it a‘ in an afternoon,

For good ale keeps my heart aboon.

Good ale comes and good ale goes.

I wish they were a‘ hang'd on a gallows,

That winna keep good ale for good fallows,