462. Song—The Bannocks o' Bear Meal

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462. Song—The Bannocks o' Bear Meal by Robert Burns

 Chorus—Bannocks o’ bear meal,
 Bannocks o’ barley,
Here’s to the Highlandman’s
 Bannocks o’ barley!


WHA, in a brulyie, will
 First cry a parley?
Never the lads wi’ the
 Bannocks o’ barley,
 Bannocks o’ bear meal, &c.


Wha, in his wae days,
 Were loyal to Charlie?
Wha but the lads wi’ the
 Bannocks o’ barley!
 Bannocks o’ bear meal, &c.

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