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.