[
  {
    "title": "518. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 1",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "WHOM will you send to London town,",
      "  To Parliament and a’ that?",
      "Or wha in a’ the country round",
      "  The best deserves to fa’ that?",
      "    For a’ that, and a’ that,",
      "    Thro’ Galloway and a’ that,",
      "  Where is the Laird or belted Knight",
      "    The best deserves to fa’ that?",
      "",
      "",
      "Wha sees Kerroughtree’s open yett,",
      "  (And wha is’t never saw that?)",
      "Wha ever wi’ Kerroughtree met,",
      "  And has a doubt of a’ that?",
      "    For a’ that, and a’ that,",
      "    Here’s Heron yet for a’ that!",
      "  The independent patriot,",
      "    The honest man, and a’ that.",
      "",
      "",
      "Tho’ wit and worth, in either sex,",
      "  Saint Mary’s Isle can shaw that,",
      "Wi’ Dukes and Lords let Selkirk mix,",
      "  And weel does Selkirk fa’ that.",
      "    For a’ that, and a’ that,",
      "    Here’s Heron yet for a’ that!",
      "  The independent commoner",
      "    Shall be the man for a’ that.",
      "",
      "",
      "But why should we to Nobles jouk,",
      "  And is’t against the law, that?",
      "For why, a Lord may be a gowk,",
      "  Wi’ ribband, star and a’ that,",
      "    For a’ that, and a’ that,",
      "    Here’s Heron yet for a’ that!",
      "  A Lord may be a lousy loun,",
      "    Wi’ ribband, star and a’ that.",
      "",
      "",
      "A beardless boy comes o’er the hills,",
      "  Wi’ uncle’s purse and a’ that;",
      "But we’ll hae ane frae mang oursels,",
      "  A man we ken, and a’ that.",
      "    For a’ that, and a’ that,",
      "    Here’s Heron yet for a’ that!",
      "  For we’re not to be bought and sold,",
      "    Like naigs, and nowt, and a’ that.",
      "",
      "",
      "Then let us drink—The Stewartry,",
      "  Kerroughtree’s laird, and a’ that,",
      "Our representative to be,",
      "  For weel he’s worthy a’ that.",
      "    For a’ that, and a’ that,",
      "    Here’s Heron yet for a’ that!",
      "A House of Commons such as he,",
      "  They wad be blest that saw that."
    ],
    "linecount": "48"
  }
]