A fig for those by law protected

 

     A fig for those by law protected!
     Liberty's a glorious feast!
     Courts for cowards were erected,
     Churches built to please the priest.

     What is title, what is treasure,
     What is reputation's care?
     If we lead a life of pleasure,
     'Tis no matter how or where!
     A fig for, &c.

     With the ready trick and fable,
     Round we wander all the day;
     And at night in barn or stable,
     Hug our doxies on the hay.
     A fig for, &c.

     Does the train-attended carriage
     Thro' the country lighter rove?
     Does the sober bed of marriage
     Witness brighter scenes of love?
     A fig for, &c.

     Life is al a variorum,
     We regard not how it goes;
     Let them cant about decorum,
     Who have character to lose.
     A fig for, &c.

     Here's to budgets, bags and wallets!
     Here's to all the wandering train.
     Here's our ragged brats and callets,
     One and all cry out, Amen!

     Chorus

     A fig for those by law protected!
     Liberty's a glorious feast!
     Courts for cowards were erected,
     Churches built to please the priest.

     Robert Burns (1759-1796), fra The Jolly Beggars

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