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.