O, for ane and twenty Tam
An 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,
An' gar me look like bluntie, Tam;
But three short years will soon wheel roun',
An' then comes ane an' twenty, Tam.
A glieb 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 an' twenty, Tam.
They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof,
Tho' I mysel' hae plenty, Tam;
But, hearst thou, laddie, there's my loof,
I'm thine at ane an' twenty, Tam!
An 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.
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