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Here’s his Health in Water

by Robert Burns

ALTHO’ my back be at the wa’,

And tho’ he be the fautor;

Altho’ my back be at the wa’,

Yet, here’s his health in water.

O wae gae by his wanton sides,

Sae brawlie’s he could flatter;

Till for his sake I’m slighted sair,

And dree the kintra clatter:

But tho’ my back be at the wa’,

And tho’ he be the fautor;

But tho’ my back be at the wa’,

Yet here’s his health in water!

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ALTHO’ my back be at the wa’,
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