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A Wee Docht and Doris

(Popularized, at least, by Harry Lauder)

There's a good old Scottish custom

that has stood the test of time

Its a custom that's been carried out

in every land and clime

Wherever Scots forgather

its aye the usual thing

Just before we say goodnight,

we raise our cups and sing

Just a wee docht and doris,

just a wee dram that's a'

Just a wee docht and doris,

before we gang awa'

There's a wee wife awaiting

in a wee butt and ben

If you can say its a braw bricht

moon licht nicht

Well you're all right, you ken.

I like a man, that is a man,

a man that's straight and fair

A sort of man who will and can,

in all things do his share

I like a man, a jolly man,

the sort of man you know

The kind of chap that slaps your back

and says "before you go".

&c

There is a star whose beaming ray

is shed on every clime

It shines by night, it shines by day,

and ne'er grows dim wi' time

It rose upon the banks o' Ayr,

it shone on Doons clear stream

A hundred years are gane and mair,

yet brighter grows its beam

&c

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