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.