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| IS there for honest Poverty | |
| That hings his head, an’ a’ that; | |
| The coward slave—we pass him by, | |
| We dare be poor for a’ that! | |
| For a’ that, an’ a’ that. | 5 |
| Our toils obscure an’ a’ that, | |
| The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, | |
| The Man’s the gowd for a’ that. | |
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| What though on hamely fare we dine, | |
| Wear hoddin grey, an’ a’ that; | 10 |
| Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, | |
| A Man’s a Man for a’ that: | |
| For a’ that, and a’ that, | |
| Their tinsel show, an’ a’ that; | |
| The honest man, tho’ e’er sae poor, | 15 |
| Is king o’ men for a’ that. | |
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| Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord, | |
| Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that; | |
| Tho’ hundreds worship at his word, | |
| He’s but a coof for a’ that: | 20 |
| For a’ that, an’ a’ that, | |
| His ribband, star, an’ a’ that: | |
| The man o’ independent mind | |
| He looks an’ laughs at a’ that. | |
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| A prince can mak a belted knight, | 25 |
| A marquis, duke, an’ a’ that; | |
| But an honest man’s aboon his might, | |
| Gude faith, he maunna fa’ that! | |
| For a’ that, an’ a’ that, | |
| Their dignities an’ a’ that; | 30 |
| The pith o’ sense, an’ pride o’ worth, | |
| Are higher rank than a’ that. | |
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| Then let us pray that come it may, | |
| (As come it will for a’ that,) | |
| That Sense and Worth, o’er a’ the earth, | 35 |
| Shall bear the gree, an’ a’ that. | |
| For a’ that, an’ a’ that, | |
| It’s coming yet for a’ that, | |
| That Man to Man, the world o’er, | |
| Shall brothers be for a’ that. | 40 |
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