gude ale keeps the heart aboon
chorus—o gude ale comes and gude ale goes;
gude ale gars me sell my hose,
sell my hose, and pawn my shoon—
gude ale keeps my heart aboon!
i had sax owsen in a pleugh,
and they drew a' weel eneugh:
i sell'd them a' just ane by ane—
gude ale keeps the heart aboon!
o gude ale comes, c.
gude ale hauds me bare and busy,
gars me moop wi' the servant hizzie,
stand i' the stool when i hae done—
gude ale keeps the heart aboon!
o gude ale comes, c.