A Man's A Man For Aa That

Is there for honest poverty

That hings his heid an aa that?

The couard slave we pass him by,

We daur be puir for aa that

For aa that, an aa that

Our toils obscure an aa that

The rank is but the guinea-stamp

The man's the gowd for aa that

Whit though on hamely fare we dine

Wear hoddan gray an aa that?

Gie fules their silks an knaves their wine

A man's a man for aa that

For aa that, an aa that

Their tinsel show an aa that

The honest man though e'er sae puir

Is king o men for aa that

Ye see yon birkie caad a laird

Wha struts an stares an aa that

Though hunders worship at his word

He's but a cuif for aa that

For aa that, an aa that

His riband star an aa that

The man o independent mind

He looks an lauchs at aa that

A prince can mak a beltit knight

A marquis, duke an aa that

But an honest man's abune his might

Guid faith, he maunna faa that

For aa that, an aa that

Their dignities an aa that

The pith o sense an pride o worth

Are higher rank than aa that

Then lat us pray that come it may

As come it will for aa that

That sense an worth ower aa the earth

Sall bear the gree an aa that

For aa that, an aa that

It's comin yet for aa that

That man tae man the hale warl ower

Sall brithers be for aa that