O, For Ane-And-Twenty, Tam!

Tune - "The Moudiewort." Chorus.         An O, for ane-and-twenty, Tam,             An' hey, sweet ane-and-twenty, Tam,         I'll learn my kin a rattlin' sang,             An I saw ane-and-twenty, Tam. I.         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. II.         A gleib o' lan', a claut o' gear,             Was left me by my auntie, Tam,         At kith or kin I need na spier,             An I saw ane-and-twenty, Tam. III.         They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof,             Tho' I mysel' hae plenty, Tam;         But hear'st thou, laddie, there's my loof             I'm thine at ane-and-twenty, Tam.                 An O, for ane-and-twenty, Tam!                     An hey, sweet ane-and-twenty, Tam!                 I'll learn my kin a rattlin' song,                     An I saw ane-and-twenty, Tam.