<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=116470" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad First</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whom will you send to London town,<br> To Parliament and a' that?<br> Or wha in a' the country round<br> The best deserves to fa' that?<br> For a' that, and a' that,<br> Thro' Galloway and a' that,<br> Where is the Laird or belted Knight<br> The best deserves to fa' that?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br> Wha sees Kerroughtree's open yett,<br> (And wha is't never saw that?)<br> Wha ever wi' Kerroughtree met,<br> And has a doubt of a' that?<br> For a' that, and a' that,<br> Here's Heron yet for a' that!<br> The independent patriot,<br> The honest man, and a' that.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br> Tho' wit and worth, in either sex,<br> Saint Mary's Isle can shaw that,<br> Wi' Dukes and Lords let Selkirk mix,<br> And weel does Selkirk fa' that.<br> For a' that, and a' that,<br> Here's Heron yet for a' that!<br> The independent commoner<br> Shall be the man for a' that.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br> But why should we to Nobles jouk,<br> And is't against the law, that?<br> For why, a Lord may be a gowk,<br> Wi' ribband, star and a' that,<br> For a' that, and a' that,<br> Here's Heron yet for a' that!<br> A Lord may be a lousy loun,<br> Wi' ribband, star and a' that.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br> A beardless boy comes o'er the hills,<br> Wi' uncle's purse and a' that;<br> But we'll hae ane frae mang oursels,<br> A man we ken, and a' that.<br> For a' that, and a' that,<br> Here's Heron yet for a' that!<br> For we're not to be bought and sold,<br> Like naigs, and nowt, and a' that.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br> Then let us drink-The Stewartry,<br> Kerroughtree's laird, and a' that,<br> Our representative to be,<br> For weel he's worthy a' that.<br> For a' that, and a' that,<br> Here's Heron yet for a' that!<br> A House of Commons such as he,<br> They wad be blest that saw that.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+Burns">Robert Burns</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=116470" data-title="Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election - Ballad First de Robert Burns" data-description="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' t..."></div> </div> </div>

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