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Joined: Thu Oct 13 2005 Posts: 11948 Location: Bonnie Galloway FS Record: Too many to mention now :-)
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murf wrote: Tis alright an' a' that but it would be better if it was in Engilsh. 'brithers'  ruins the punchline an' a' that. A translation for our friends from down south. Is there for honest poverty That hangs his head, and all that? The coward slave, we pass him by - We dare be poor for all that! For all that, and all that, Our toils obscure, and all that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gold for all that.
What though on homely fare we dine, Wear course grey woolen, and all that? Give fools their silks, and knaves their wine - A man is a man for all that. For all that, and all that, Their tinsel show, and all that, The honest man, though ever so poor, Is king of men for all that.
You see yonder fellow called 'a lord,' Who struts, and stares, and all that? Though hundreds worship at his word, He is but a dolt for all that. For all that, and all that, His ribboned, star, and all that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at all that.
A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and all that! But an honest man is above his might - Good faith, he must not fault that For all that, and all that, Their dignities, and all that, The pith of sense and pride of worth Are higher rank than all that.
Then let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that) That Sense and Worth over all the earth Shall have the first place and all that! For all that, and all that, It is coming yet for all that, That man to man the world over Shall brothers be for all that.
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