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Thread #14237   Message #121016
Posted By: Tiger
05-Oct-99 - 04:41 PM
Thread Name: Deoch an Dorus / Deoch-an-Doruis
Subject: Lyr Add: A WEE DEOCH AN DORUS (Harry Lauder)
Arthur Godfrey used to have a regular on his radio show who would sing this 3 or 4 times a year - used to love it.

A Wee Deoch an Dorus - from Harry Lauder

There's a good old Scottish custom,
That has stood the test of time.
Its a custom that's been carried out
In every land and clime.
Wherever Scots forgather
It's aye, the usual thing.
Just before we say goodnight,
We raise our cups and sing:

I like a man, that is a man,
A man that's straight and fair,
A sort of man who will and can,
In all things do his share.
I like a man, a jolly man,
The sort of man you know,
The kind of chap that slaps your back,
And says "before you go...

There is a star whose beaming ray
Is shed on every clime.
It shines by night, it shines by day,
And ne'er grows dim wi' time.
It rose upon the banks o' Ayr,
It shone on Doons clear stream.
A hundred years are gane and mair,
Yet brighter grows its beam