Five Excellent New Songs (c. 1805, "The Girl I left behind me")/An' O for ane an' twenty Tam
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An’ O for ane an’ twenty Tam.
An’ O for an’ twenty Tam.
an’ hey ſweet ane an’ twenty Tam,
I’ll learn my kin a rattlin’ ſang
an’ I ſaw ane an’ twenty Tam.
They ſnool me ſaia an’ baud me down
an‘ gar me look like bluntie Tam,
But three ſhort years will ſoon wheel roun’,
an‘ then comes ane an, twenty Tam.
an, O for, &c.
A glieb o’ lan’, a clat o’ gear
was left me by my auntie Tam;
At kith an’ kin I need na ipier,
an’ I ſaw ane an’ twenty Tam.
an’ O for, &c.
They‘ll hae me wed a wealthy coof,
Though I myſel hae plenty, Tam,
But hear’ſt thou laddie, there’s my loof,
I‘m thine at ane an’ twenty Tam!
an’ O for, &c.
Finis.