A Mans A Man For All That Lyrics - Singles - Burns Robert

A MAN'S A MAN FOR ALL THAT 

or IS THERE FOR HONEST POVERTY 

by Robert Burns 

Is there for honest poverty 

That hangs 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 

The rank is but the guinea's stamp 

The man's the gowd for a' that 

What though on hamely fare we dine 

Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that 

Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine 

A man's a man, for a' that 

For a' that, an' a' that 

Their tinsel show an' a' that 

The honest man, though e'er sae poor 

Is king o' men for a' that 

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 

For a' that, an' a' that 

The man o' independent mind 

He looks an' laughs at a' that 

A prince can mak' a belted knight 

A marquise, 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 

The pith o' sense an' pride o' worth 

Are higher rank that a' that 

Then let us pray that come it may 

(as come it will for a' that) 

That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth 

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 brithers be for a' that 

printed in Cole 

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