Madam Jane

Robert Anderson 1750 (Carnwath) – 1830



Money meks us bonny,
Money meks us glad;
Be she auld or ugly,
Money brings a lad.
When I'd ne'er a penny,
De'il a lad hed I--
Pointin ay at Jenny,
Laughin they flew by.

Money causes flatt'ry,
Money meks us vain;
Money changes aw things--
Now I'm Madam Jane.
Sen auld Robby left me
Houses, fields, nit few.
Lads thrang round i' clusters,
I'm a beauty now!

Money meks us merry,
Money meks us bra;
Money gets us sweethearts--
That's the best of a'!
I ha'e fat and slender,
I ha'e shwort and taw;
I ha'e rake and miser--
I despise them aw!

Money they're aw seeking,
Money they's git neane;
Money sends them sneaking
Efter Madam Jane!
There's ane puir and bashfu',
I ha'e i' my e'e;
He's git han and siller,
Gin he fancies me.
Money meks us bonny, &c.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABACAC DEXEAFXX ADXXDBDX GAGEFADAA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 722
Words 145
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 9

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson was a Scottish author and critic. He was born at Carnwath, Lanarkshire. He studied first divinity and then medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and subsequently, after some experience as a surgeon, took his M.D. at the University of St Andrews in 1778. He began to practise as a physician at Alnwick in Northumberland, but he became financially independent by his marriage with the daughter of John Gray, and abandoned his profession for a literary life in Edinburgh. For several years his attention was occupied with his edition of The Works of the British Poets, with Prefaces Biographical and Critical. His other publications were: The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D., with Memoirs of his Life and Writings Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., with Critical Observations on his Works The Works of John Moore, M.D., with Memoirs of his Life and Writings The Grave and other Poems, by Robert Blair; to which are prefixed some Account of his Life and Observations on his Writings. more…

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