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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIT DOON BY ME, MY CANTY FREEND, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Within we're roarin' wet!
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Transcience
Last Line: Within we're roarin' wet!
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Transcience
Sit doon by me, my canty freend,
Sit doon, an' snuff the licht!
A boll o' bear 's in ilka glass
Ye'se drink wi' me the nicht!
Chorus
Let preachers prate o' soberness
An' brand us ripe for doom,
Yet still we'll lo'e the brimmin' glass,
And still we'll hate the toom.
There's fire an' life in ilka glass,
There's blythesomness an' cheer,
There's thirst an' what'll slocken it,
There's love and laughter here.
O mirk an' black the lee lang gate
That we maun gang the nicht,
But aye we'll pass the brimmin' glass
An' aye we'll snuff the licht.
We'll draw the closer roond the fire
And aye the closer get.
Without, the ways may thaw or freeze,
Within we're roarin' wet!
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