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O FOR ANE-AND-TWENTY, TAM.

Words by Burns. Air-" The Moudiewart." Key-note D.

O For ane-and-twenty, Tam!

And hey sweet ane-and-twenty, Tam!

I'll learn my kin a rattlin' sang,

An' I saw ane-and-twenty, Tam!

They snool me sair and haud me down,

And gar me look like bluntie, Tam;

But three short years will soon wheel roun',

And then comes ane-and-twenty, Tam,

O for ane-and-twenty, Tam, &c.

A glebe o' lan', a claut o'gear,

Was left me by my auntie, Tam;

At kith or kin I needna spier,

An' I saw ane-and-twenty, Tam.

O for ane-and-twenty, Tam, &c.

They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof,

Tho' I myseľ hae plenty, Tam;

But hear'st thou laddie, there's my loof,

I'm thine at ane-and-twenty, Tam.

O for ane-and-twenty, Tam, &c.

THE TARTAN PLAID.

Words by JOHN IMLAH. Music by Jos. DE PINNA. Key-note G.

O The bonnie, bonnie tartan plaid,

The ancient highland tartan plaid;

For gallant youth and lovely maid,

Oh! well become the tartan plaid.

The belted plaid and highland trews,

They blend the rainbow's varied hues;

And a' true Scots are best arrayed,

When folded in the tartan plaid.

O the bonnie, bonnie, &c.

The garb our gallant fathers wore,

With pistol, dark, and broad claymore;

In highland feud or lowland raid,

Their war-cloak was the tartan plaid.

O the bonnie, &c.

O! I never may auld Scotland view,

A traitor 'neath the bonnet blue,

And never, never be it said,

A coward wore the tartan plaid !

O the bonnie, & c.