SONG-OUR AIN FOLK.
Bt John Q-. Skitb. Our Scottish lulls are cauld an' bare, Yet freedom's sunny hame ie there, 'Mang stalwart men an' niaiflens fair, The true hearts o' our am folk; Our am folk —our tried folk ; Our leal, our free, our brave folk; O'er a' the earth, for pride o' worth, There's nae folk like our am folk. The English blades ayont the Tweed May brag o' mony a famous deed; But yet they needna' toss their head, An' jibe an' jeer our am folk. Our am folk —our tried folk; Our leal, our free, our brave folk : The Southron loons gat crackit croons In byganes, frae our am folk. Our frie'ns out owre the Western main, Think liberty is a' their am; Puir ehiel'B, there's mony a bluidy chain, Atween them an' our am folk, Our am folk —our tried folk, Our leal, our free, our brave folk ; Fair freedom smiles on a' our isles, Nae fetters 'mang our am folk. The folk that lire away in France, In slavery's bands may loup and dance, An' cower aneath a tyrant's glance. Oh! how unlike our am folk, Our am folk —our tried folk, Our leal, our free, our brave folk; Our fathers bled till despots fled, Base cowards, frae our am folk. Wad Gallia's sons but cross the sea, • Our* brawny arms, our thochts are free, Our Volunteers wad gar them flee Like stoure afore our am folk. Our am folk, our tried folk, Our leal, our free, our brave folk; Our marksman trae, wad mak them rue That e'er they saw our am folk. Lang may our am folk ane an' a', The halesome breath o' freedom draw ; May Horaie gie his neck a thraw, Wha's traitor to our am folk, Our am folk —our tried folk, Our leal, our free, our brave folk ; Owre a' the earth, for pride or worth, There's nae folk like our am folk.
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Southland Times, Issue 753, 22 November 1867, Page 3
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324SONG-OUR AIN FOLK. Southland Times, Issue 753, 22 November 1867, Page 3
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