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Today is Burns Night. A well as being a lover of the ladies, he was a lover of Liberty! The Tree of Liberty Heard ye o the tree o France, I watna whats the name ot; Around the tree the patriots dance, Weel Europe kens the fame ot. It stands where ance the Bastile stood, A prison built by kings, man, When Superstitions hellish brood Kept France in leading-strings, man. Upo this tree there grows sic fruit, Its virtues a can tell, man; It raises man aboon the brute, It maks him ken himsel, man. Gif ance the peasant taste a bit, Hes greater than a lord, man, And wi the beggar shares a mite 0 a he can afford, man This fruit is worth a Africs wealth, To comfort us twas sent, man: To gie the sweetest blush o health, And mak us a content, man It clears the een, it cheers the heart, Maks high and low gude friends, man; And he wha acts the traitors part, It to perdition sends, man. My blessings aye attend the chiel, Wha pitied Gallias slaves, man, And staw a branch, spite o the deil, Frae yont tho western waves, man. Fair Virtue watered it wi care, And now she sees wi pride, man, How weel it buds and blossoms there, Its branches spreading wide, man.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 11:17:05 +0000

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