Quotes from James Drummond Burns

They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!

Life is but a day at most.

O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!

I have been dying for twenty years, now I am going to live.

Gin a body meets a body Comin' through the rye. Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry?

Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.

Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!

In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.

She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine.

And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair.

Should auld acquaintances be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And days o'auld lang syne?