Remember a
man’s a man for a’that
A women’s a
woman for a’ that, true
So, in fact
are Ze plus Co and Thon
Though Robbie
didn't mention that
All of us
Human kind
We dare be
poor for a’that
The rank is
but the guinea’s stamp
The man’s the
gowd for a’that
Aren’t we
equally dismayed
By brute
Alpha stewing in power
This pretence
where the weak are strong
symbolically
wrong
Their tinsel
show an a’that
Might as
protective device
Yes we all quiver
at life
Some admit it
bravely others crush its first hint
keeping a stiff
upper a lip
They tighten
their grip
Insisting a
mans a bloke and only that
They fade and
become shells without their shine
Gie fools
their silk and knaves their wine
Held up like
modern Matatu
Trying to
outdo
One another
Trying to keep us in tow with their erections
Let them
drown in silk and choke on wine
Manly men
will sink their teeth to dine
At the whole
world’s expense
Hiding behind
macho strategy
Cowardly
structures house pernicious lies
Ye see yon
Trump, 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
The
pith o' sense an' pride o' worth
Are higher rank than president
A
CEO can mak a belted knight,
An oligarch, duke, an' a' that
In privilege blind to simplicity
Too many cower instead of cry
They
punch instead of die
Scared to look another in the eye
Already
dead they won’t shed heavy ego’s
Yet
us, of independent mind
We
look and laugh at a’that
Can
be better in weakness than that
Let
us pray that come it may
As
come it will for 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 brothers be for a' that.
From
where we are now sat
This
sense and worth our sisters conserve
Every
single creed and culture gives birth
Our
lot tied together
So
Ze plus co and thon
One
and all the world over
Shall
humankind be for a’that
United.
Let
us cherish the sanctity of a shared stake in the mystery of life
Let
us remember afresh a person’s a person for a’that
Let us fight for that
*With thanks to Robbie Burns who wrote the best bits*
