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3 I'll be proud, since I hae sworn

To hae a new cloak about me.

days when our King Robert rang,

His trews they cost but half a crown;

said they were a groat owre dear,

And ca'd the taylor thief and loon:

was the king that wore a crown,

And thou'rt a man of laigh degree;

pride puts a' the country down,

Sae tak your auld cloak about ye.

land has its ain laugh,

Ilk kind of corn has its ain hool;

think the warld is a' gaun daft,

When ilka wife her man wad rule.

Do ye not see Rob, Jock, and Hab,

How they are girded gallantlie,

While I sit hurklen in the ase;

I'll hae a new cloak about me.

, I wat 'tis thretty years

Since we did ane anither ken;

we hae had atween us twa,

O'lads and bonny lasses ten:

Now they are women grown and men,

I wish and pray weel may they be;