Maxioms by Robert Burns
What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
Your Latin names for horns and stools;
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What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
Your Latin names for horns and stools;
If honest nature made you fools.
To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
I must needs say comparisons are odd.
To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
I must needs say comparisons are odd.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
John Barleycorn was a hero bold,
Of noble enterprise,
For if you do but taste his blood,
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John Barleycorn was a hero bold,
Of noble enterprise,
For if you do but taste his blood,
'Twill make your courage rise,
Twill make a man forget his wo;
'Twill heighten all his joy.