gude ale keeps the heart aboon

  chorus—o gude alees 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 alees, &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 alees, &c.