A man's a man for a' that - John Brown

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◈ Genre / Form → Folk Song

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 2/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Expert

↕ Range G2 – E5

¶ Language → English

Measures 67

Texture Homophonic

Parts 2

Instruments SATB

Pages 3

CPDL # 55404

Editor John Brown

Posted 2019-09-22

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

SOPRANO ALTO

A3 – E5

TENOR BASS

G2 – E4

¶Lyrics / Text

Is there for honest poverty that hangs 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 hoddin grey, an' a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine A man's a man, for a' that. For a' that, an' a' that. Their tinsel show an' a' that. The honest man, though e'er sae poor is king o' men for 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.