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339. Song—O for ane an' twenty Tam

 Chorus.—An’ O for ane an’ twenty, Tam!
 And hey, sweet ane an’ twenty, Tam!
I’ll learn my kin a rattlin’ sang,
 An’ I saw ane an’ twenty, Tam.


THEY snool me sair, and haud 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 claut o’ gear,
 Was left me by my auntie, Tam;
At kith or kin I need na spier,
 An I saw ane an’ twenty, Tam.
 An’ O for, &c.


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 an’ twenty, Tam!
 An’ O for, &c.






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