gude ale keeps the heart aboon
  chorus—o gude ale comes and gude ale goes;
  gude ale gars me sell my hose,
  sell my hose, and pawn my shoon—
  gude ale keeps my heart aboon!
  i had sax owsen in a pleugh,
  and they drew a' weel eneugh:
  i sell'd them a' just ane by ane—
  gude ale keeps the heart aboon!
  o gude ale comes, c.
  gude ale hauds me bare and busy,
  gars me moop wi' the servant hizzie,
  stand i' the stool when i hae done—
  gude ale keeps the heart aboon!
  o gude ale comes, c.