Ballads on Mr. Herons Election, 1795（1 / 8）

  ballads on mr. heron's election, 1795
  ballad first
  whom will you send to london town,
  to parliament and a' that?
  or wha in a' the country round
  the best deserves to fa' that?
  for a' that, and a' that,
  thro' galloway and a' that,
  where is the laird or belted knight
  the best deserves to fa' that?
  wha sees kerroughtree's open yett,
  (and wha is't never saw that?)
  wha ever wi' kerroughtree met,
  and has a doubt of a' that?
  for a' that, and a' that,
  here's heron yet for a' that!
  the independent patriot,
  the honest man, and a' that.
  tho' wit and worth, in either sex,
  saint mary's isle can shaw that,
  wi' dukes and lords let selkirk mix,
  and weel does selkirk fa' that.
  for a' that, and a' that,
  here's heron yet for a' that!
  the independent commoner
  shall be the man for a' that.
  but why should we to nobles jouk,
  and is't against the law, that?
  for why, a lord may be a gowk,
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