music.wikisort.org - Composition"A Man's a Man for A' That", also known as "Is There for Honest Poverty" (Scottish Gaelic: A bheil Bochdainn Onarach Ann) or "For a' That and a' That", is a 1795[1] song by Robert Burns, written in Scots and English, famous for its expression of egalitarian ideas of society, which may be seen as expressing the ideas of republicanism that arose in the 18th century.
Song
Scottish folksinger Sheena Wellington sang the song at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in May, 1999.[2][3] Midge Ure did the same in July 2016.[4] The song was also sung at the funeral of Donald Dewar, the inaugural First Minister of Scotland. It is also known in translations into other European languages, for example the German "Trotz alledem und alledem" by Ferdinand Freiligrath right after the Revolution of 1848 (sung by Hannes Wader as "Trotz alledem").
The words "pride o' worth" appear on the crest of the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
Poem
- Is there for honest Poverty
- That hings his head, an' a' that;
- The coward slave - we pass him by,
- We dare be poor for a' that!
- For a' that, an' a' that.
- Our toils obscure an' a' that,
- The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
- The Man's the gowd for a' that.
- What though on hamely fare we dine,
- Wear hodden grey, an' a that;
- Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
- A Man's a Man for a' that:
- For a' that, and a' that,
- Their tinsel show, an' a' that;
- The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
- Is king o' men for a' that.
- Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord,
- Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that;
- Tho' hundreds worship at his word,
- He's but a coof for a' that:
- For a' that, an' a' that,
- His ribband, star, an' a' that:
- The man o' independent mind
- He looks an' laughs at a' that.
- A prince can mak a belted knight,
- A marquis, duke, an' a' that;
- But an honest man's abon his might,
- Gude faith, he maunna fa' that!
- For a' that, an' a' that,
- Their dignities an' a' that;
- The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth,
- Are higher rank than a' that.
- Then let us pray that come it may,
- (As come it will for a' that,)
- That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth,
- Shall bear the gree, an' a' that.
- For a' that, an' a' that,
- It's coming yet for a' that,
- That Man to Man, the world o'er,
- Shall brothers be for a' that.
Recordings
- Earl Robinson covered it on his 1963 album Earl Robinson Sings
- The Corries played it on Scotland Will Flourish, their 1985 live album
- The Old Blind Dogs covered this song on their 2001 album Fit?
- Marc Gunn covered it on his 2013 album Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion
- The Mudmen covered it on their 2012 album Donegal Danny
- Dougie MacLean covered it on his 1995 album ' 'Tribute' '
In popular culture
The line "The rank is but the guinea's stamp" is misquoted by Bertie Wooster in Indian Summer of an Uncle as "...the rank is but the penny stamp". He is corrected (as ever) by Jeeves.
See also
- Scottish national identity
- Scottish republicanism
References
External links
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Poems |
- "Comin' Thro' the Rye" (1782)
- "John Barleycorn" (1782)
- "Address to the Deil" (1785)
- "Epitaph for James Smith" (1785)
- "Halloween" (1785)
- "Handsome Nell" (1774)
- "Holy Willie's Prayer" (1785)
- "To a Mouse" (1785)
- The Kilmarnock volume (1786)
- "To a Louse" (1786)
- "To a Mountain Daisy" (1786)
- "The Cotter's Saturday Night" (1786)
- "The Battle of Sherramuir" (1787)
- "The Birks of Aberfeldy" (1787)
- "The Holy Tulzie" (1784)
- "Auld Lang Syne" (1788)
- "My Heart's in the Highlands" (1789)
- "Tam o' Shanter" (1790)
- "Ae Fond Kiss" (1791)
- "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation" (1791)
- "Ye Jacobites by Name" (1791)
- "Sweet Afton" (1791)
- "The Slave's Lament" (1792)
- "Oh, whistle and I'll come to you, my lad" (1793)
- "Scots Wha Hae" (1793)
- "A Red, Red Rose" (1794)
- "Ca' the yowes" (revised, 1794)
- "A Man's A Man for A' That" (1795)
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Places |
- Alloway
- Brownhill Inn
- Burns Cottage
- Drukken Steps
- Ellisland Farm
- Friars Carse
- The Hermitage, Friars Carse
- Irvine
- Irvine Burns Club
- Lochlea
- Millmannoch
- Robert Burns and the Eglinton Estate
- Writers' Museum
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Family |
- Jean Armour (wife)
- John Burns (brother)
- Adam Armour (brother-in-law)
- James Armour (Master mason) (father-in-law)
- Agnes Broun (mother)
- Elizabeth Riddell Burns (daughter)
- Robert Burns Junior (son)
- William Burnes (father)
- Gilbert Burns (brother)
- Annabella Burns (sister)
- Isabella Burns (sister)
- Agnes Burns (sister)
- William Burns (brother)
- William Nicol Burns (son)
- Robert Burnes (uncle)
- Elizabeth 'Betty' Burns (natural daughter)
- Francis Wallace Burns (son)
- James Glencairn Burns (son)
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People |
- Robert Aiken
- Robert Ainslie
- John Anderson
- John Bacon (landlord)
- John Ballantine
- Alison Begbie
- Thomas Blacklock
- Nelly Blair
- Richard Brown
- May Cameron
- Mary Campbell
- Margaret Chalmers
- Jenny Clow
- Alison Cockburn
- Alexander Cunningham (lawyer)
- Lord Glencairn
- Frances Dunlop
- Robert Fergusson
- Alexander Findlater
- Jean Gardner
- Jean Glover
- Robert Graham of Fintry
- Gavin Hamilton
- Helen Hyslop
- Nelly Kilpatrick
- John Lewars
- Jean Lorimer (Chloris)
- James McKie
- John MacKenzie
- Agnes Maclehose
- John McMurdo
- John Murdoch
- William Nicol
- Ann Park
- Elizabeth Paton
- John Richmond
- James Smith
- David Sillar
- John Syme
- Alexander Tait
- Robert Tannahill
- Peggy Thompson
- Edward Whigham
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Related |
- The Geddes Burns
- Glenriddell Manuscripts
- Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Edinburgh Edition)
- Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Belfast Edition)
- Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Dublin Variant)
- Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (London Edition)
- Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton
- Burns Clubs
- Robert Burns World Federation
- Bust of Robert Burns
- Burns supper
- Memorials
- Robert Burns (Stevenson)
- Robert Burns (Steell)
- Robert Burns's diamond point engravings
- Robert Burns and the Eglinton Estate
- Robert Burns Humanitarian Award
- The Loves of Robert Burns (1930 film)
- The Marriage of Robin Redbreast and the Wren
- The Merry Muses of Caledonia
- A Manual of Religious Belief
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