Scottish Poetry Selection
- Here's to the Year That's Awa

Here is a poem by John Dunlop who lived from 1755 to 1820 and became Lord Provost (Mayor) of Glasgow in 1796.


Here's to the Year That's Awa

Here's to the year that's awa!
We'll drink it in strong and in sma'!
And here's to ilk bonnie young lassie we lo'ed
While swift flew the year that's awa;
And here's to ilk bonnie young lassie we lo'ed
While swift flew the year that's awa.

Here's to the sodger who bled,
And the sailor who bravely did fa';
Their fame is alive, though their spirits are fled
On the wings o the year that's awa;
Their fame is alive, though their spirits are fled
On the wings o the year that's awa.

Here's to the friends we can trust
When the storms of adversity blaw;
May they live in our song and be nearest our heart,
Nor depart like the year that's awa;
May they live in our song and be nearest our heart,
Nor depart like the year that's awa.

Meaning of unusual words:
awa'=away
ilk=every

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