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Thread #129494   Message #2908410
Posted By: Jack Campin
17-May-10 - 04:56 AM
Thread Name: Songs about friendship
Subject: Lyr Add: HAPPY WE ARE A' THEGITHER
HAPPY WE ARE A' THEGITHER

Here around the ingle bleezin',
Wha see happy and sae free?
Tho' the northern wind blaws freezin',
Freenship warms baith you and me.

CHORUS:
Happy we are a' thegither,
Happy we'll be, ane an' a';
Time shall see us a' the blyther
Ere we rise to gang awa'.

See the miser o'er his treasure
Gloatin' wi' a greedy ee!
Can he feel the glow o pleasure
That around us here we see?

Thus then let us a' be tassin'
Aff our stoups o gen'rous flame;
And while roun' the board 'tis passin',
Raise a sang in frien'ship's name.

Freenship maks us a' mair happy'
Freenship gies us a' delight;
Freenship consecrates the drappie,
Freenship brings us here the night.

That's more or less as it was sung by Willie Scott - I got the text off the web and fixed a couple of typos.