O, for ane and twenty Tam

written in 1792

An O for ane and twenty, Tam! And hey, sweet ane and twenty, Tam! I'll learn my kin a rattlin' sang, An I saw ane and twenty, Tam. They snool me sair, and haud me down, An' gar me look like bluntie, Tam; But three short years will soon wheel roun', An' then comes ane an' twenty, Tam. A glieb o' lan', a claut o' gear, Was left me by my auntie, Tam; At kith or kin I need na spier, An I saw ane an' twenty, Tam. They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof, Tho' I mysel' hae plenty, Tam; But, hearst thou, laddie, there's my loof, I'm thine at ane an' twenty, Tam! An O for ane and twenty, Tam! And hey, sweet ane and twenty, Tam! I'll learn my kin a rattlin' sang, An I saw ane and twenty, Tam.