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Willie Brew'd a Peck O' Maut


O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut, 
And Rob and Allan cam to see; 
Three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night, 
Ye wadna found in Christendie.

Chorus:
We are na fou, we're nae that fou, 
But just a drappie in our ee; 
The cock may craw, the day may day, 
And aye we'll taste the barley bree

Here are we met, three merry boys, 
Three merry boys I trow are we; 
And mony a night we've merry been, 
And mony mae we hope to be!

Chorus:-

It is the moon, I ken her horn, 
That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie; 
She shines sae bright to wile us hame, 
But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee!

Chorus:-

Wha first shall rise to gang awa, 
A cuckold, coward loun is he! 
Wha first beside his chair shall fa' 
He is the King amang us three.

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