To step aside is human.

Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fame a restless airy dream; Pleasures, insects on the wing Round Peace, th' tend rest flow'r of spring.

But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lou'd sae kindly, Had we never lou'd sae blindly, Never met - or never parted - We had ne'er been broken hearted

Their sighing, canting, grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.

It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.

Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.

As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.