Songs to Fight the Plutocracy By: "A Man's A Man For a' That"

Uploaded by taragolden on Aug 9, 2007

Lionel McClellend of Moffat performs his own version of the famous Robert Burns ode to humanity.

A man is one who stops to help another without a second thought. A man is one who works for his family and friends without a care in his heart. A man is one gives to all and fights for what is right. A man looks upon many things in this life with a faith that burns deep in the soul. The trick in this life is learning what a man should be not what society has made them become. And with all this a man is an honest man who's word is always enough.

Is there for honest poverty
That hangs his head, an' a' that
The coward slave, we pass him by
We dare be poor for a' that
For a' that, an' a' that
The rank is but the guinea's stamp
The man's the gowd(gold) for a' that
What though on hamely(homely) fare we dine
Wear hoddin grey(course wollen cloth), an' a' that
Gie(give) fools their silks, and knaves their wine
A man's a man, for a' that
For a' that, an' a' that
Their tinsel show an' a' that
The honest man, though e'er sae poor
Is king o' men for a' that
Ye see yon birkie(fellow) ca'd a lord
Wha struts an' stares an' a' that
Tho' hundreds worship at his word
He's but a coof(fool) for a' that
For a' that, an' a' that
The man o' independent mind
He looks an' laughs at a' that
A prince can mak'(make) a belted knight
A marquise, duke, an' a' that
But an honest man's aboon( above) his might
Gude(good) faith, he maunna( must not) fa' that
For a' that an' a' that
Their dignities an' a' that
The pith o' sense an' pride o' worth
Are higher rank that a' that
Then let us pray that come it may
(as come it will for a' that)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth
Shall bear the gree( have priority) an' a' that
For a' that an' a' that
It's coming yet for a' that
That man to man, the world o'er
Shall brithers( brothers) be for a' that