A man's a man

Lyrics:

© WanHu
Lyric not by WanHu (I wish...) but by Robert Burns (1759-1796)<br/><br/>Is there for honest poverty<br/>That hangs his head, and all that?<br/>The coward slave, we pass him by -<br/>We dare be poor for all that!<br/>For all that, and all that,<br/>Our toils obscure, and all that,<br/>The rank is but the guinea&#39;s stamp,<br/>The man&#39;s the gold for all that.<br/><br/>What though on homely fare we dine,<br/>Wear course grey woolen, and all that?<br/>Give fools their silks, and knaves their wine -<br/>A man is a man for all that.<br/>For all that, and all that,<br/>Their tinsel show, and all that,<br/>The honest man, though ever so poor,<br/>Is king of men for all that.<br/><br/>You see yonder fellow called &#39;a lord,&#39;<br/>Who struts, and stares, and all that?<br/>Though hundreds worship at his word,<br/>He is but a dolt for all that.<br/>For all that, and all that,<br/>His ribboned, star, and all that,<br/>The man of independent mind,<br/>He looks and laughs at all that.<br/><br/>A prince can make a belted knight,<br/>A marquis, duke, and all that!<br/>But an honest man is above his might -<br/>Good faith, he must not fault that<br/>For all that, and all that,<br/>Their dignities, and all that,<br/>The pith of sense and pride of worth<br/>Are higher rank than all that.<br/><br/>Then let us pray that come it may<br/>(As come it will for a&#39; that)<br/>That Sense and Worth over all the earth<br/>Shall have the first place and all that!<br/>For all that, and all that,<br/>It is coming yet for all that,<br/>That man to man the world over<br/>Shall brothers be for all that.<br/><br/>