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Rh Wha was't ne'er put aith to word,

Never fleech'd to duke or lord,

Never sat at sinfa' board?—

The honest Laird o' Lamington.

He that cheats can ne'er be just;

He that lies is ne'er to trust;

He that drinks to drauk his dust,

Wha can say that wrang is done?

Wha was't ne'er to fraud inclined?

Never lied sin' he could mind?

Ane whase drouth there's few can find?—

The honest Laird o' Lamington!

I like a man to tak' his glass,

Toast his friend and bonnie lass;

He that winna is an ass—

Deil send him ane to gallop on!

I like a man that's frank and kind,

Meets me when I ha'e a mind,

Sings his sang and drinks me blind,

Like the honest Laird o' Lamington.

[ by to the old tune called "The East Neuk o' Fife," and inserted in Thomson's Select Melodies of Scotland.]

[ in the 2d vol. of Herd's collection, 1776. It is also given, with the criminal music, in the 4th vol. of Johnson's Museum.]