HERES a health to them thats awa,
Heres a health to them thats awa;
And wha winna wish gude luck to our cause,
May never gude luck be their fa!
Its gude to be merry and wise,
Its gude to be honest and true;
Its gude to support Caledonias cause,
And bide by the buff and the blue.
Heres a health to them thats awa,
Heres a health to them thats awa,
Heres a health to Charlie 1 the chief o the clan,
Altho that his band be but sma!
May Liberty meet wi success!
May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine i the mist,
And wander their way to the devil!
Heres a health to them thats awa,
Heres a health to them thats awa;
Heres a health to Tammie, 2 the Norlan laddie,
That lives at the lug o the law!
Heres freedom to them that wad read,
Heres freedom to them that wad write,
Theres nane ever feard that the truth should be heard,
But they whom the truth would indite.
Heres a Health to them thats awa,
An heres to them thats awa!
Heres to Maitland and Wycombe, let wha doesna like em
Be built in a hole in the wa;
Heres timmer thats red at the heart
Heres fruit that is sound at the core;
And may he be that wad turn the buff and blue coat
Be turnd to the back o the door.
Heres a health to them thats awa,
Heres a health to them thats awa;
Heres chieftain MLeod, a chieftain worth gowd,
Tho bred amang mountains o snaw;
Heres friends on baith sides o the firth,
And friends on baith sides o the Tweed;
And wha wad betray old Albions right,
May they never eat of her bread!
Note 1. Charles James Fox. [back]
Note 2. Hon. Thos. Erskine, afterwards Lord Erskine. [back]