Maxioms by Robert Burns
G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
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G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be,
Just for a screen.
The daisy's for simplicity and unaffected air.
The daisy's for simplicity and unaffected air.
Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
And foolish notion.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.