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Here's A Health.

By Robert Burns

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Tune - "Here's a health to them that's awa." I.         Here's a health to them that's awa,         Here's a health to them that's awa;         And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause,         May never guid luck be their fa'!         It's guid to be merry and wise,         It's guid to be honest and true,         It's good to support Caldonia's cause,         And bide by the buff and the blue. II.         Here's a health to them that's awa,         Here's a health to them that's awa,         Here's a health to Charlie the chief of the clan,         Altho' that his band be sma'.         May liberty meet wi' success!         May prudence protect her frae evil!         May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist,         And wander their way to the devil! III.         Here's a health to them that's awa,         Here's a health to them that's awa;         Here's a health to Tammie, the Norland laddie,         That lives at the lug o' the law!         Here's freedom to him that wad read,         Here's freedom to him that wad write!         There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard,         But they wham the truth wad indite. IV.         Here's a health to them that's awa,         Here's a health to them that's awa,         Here's Chieftain M'Leod, a chieftain worth gowd,         Tho' bred amang mountains o' snaw!         Here's a health to them that's awa,         Here's a health to them that's awa;         And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause,         May never guid luck be their fa'!

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About Robert Burns

Robert Burns (1759–1796) was Scotland's national poet, celebrated worldwide on Burns Night. He wrote in Scots and English, producing poems like "Auld Lang Syne," "A Red, Red Rose," and "To a Mouse," championing democratic values and the dignity of common people.

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