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Brooks: For a' that
For a' that, and a' that,
Beaks' balderdash, and a' that,
A name that tells of service done
Is worth the wear, for a' that.
Then let us pray that come it may
And come it will for a' that,
That common sense may take the place
Of common cant and a' that.
For a' that, and a' that,
Who cackles trash and a' that,
Or be he lord, or be he low,
The man's an ass for a' that.
SHIRLEY BROOKS
EIGHTEEN-FORTY-THREE
The Free Kirk,
The wee kirk,
The Kirk without the steeple;
The Auld Kirk,
The cauld Kirk,
The Kirk without the people.
ECH, SIC A PAIRISH
ANON
Ech, sic a pairish, a pairish, a pairish,
Ech, sic a pairish was little Kilkell:
They hae hangit the minister, droont the Precentor,
They pu'd down the steeple, and drunkit the bell.
ANON
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