Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

  song—willie brew'd a peck o' maut 注释标题 willie is nicol, allan is masterton the writing— master. the scene is between moffat and the head of the loch of the lowes. date, august—september, 1789.—lang.
  o willie brew'd a peck o' maut,
  and rob and allen cam to see;
  three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night,
  ye wadna found in christendie.
  chorus.—we are na fou, we're nae that fou,
  but just a drappie in our ee;
  the cock may craw, the day may daw
  and aye we'll taste the barley bree.
  here are we met, three merry boys,
  three merry boys i trow are we;
  and mony a night we've merry been,
  and mony mae we hope to be!
  we are na fou, c.
  it is the moon, i ken her horn,
  that's blinkin' in the lift sae hie;
  she shines sae bright to wyle us hame,
  but, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee!
  we are na fou, c.
  wha first shall rise to gang awa,
  a cuckold, coward loun is he!
  wha first beside his chair shall fa',
  he is the king amang us three.
  we are na fou, c.