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NE'ER JAUP ANITHER'S FACE WI' GLAUR, by                    
First Line: Ye many who, in manhood's race, are lagging, left behind the few
Last Line: Let each one look at hame afore he jaups anither's face wi' glaur.
Subject(s): Fights


YE many who, in manhood's race, are lagging, left behind the few,
Your shrugs discard for lifted hats, give manly, honest worth its due:
A comely face is fair to see, a bonnie sang is noted far;
But sweetest, chastest things are aye the easiest jaupit owre wi' glaur.

Wha is't but kens some wee bit fau't upon his neighbour's shady side --
Or wha but kens that o' himsel' frae ither een he fain would hide?
Deal gently then wi' ither's fame, for meddling often ends in war,
And rather wipe away a stain, than jaup a bonnie face wi' glaur.

We grudge to see another rise, while we obscurely stand -- or fa';
And spite soon finds some wee bit wrang, to put a neighbour to the wa'.
We a' ha'e sins, Gude kens, enough, then, lest we make the matter waur,
Let each one look at hame afore he jaups anither's face wi' glaur.





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