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No Churchman Am I

from Burns on Burns: Vol I by Ryan Joseph Burns

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Original composition by Ryan Joseph Burns.

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No churchman am I for to rail and to write,
No statesman nor soldier to plot or to fight,
No sly man of business contriving a snare,
For a big-belly'd bottle's the whole of my care.

The peer I don't envy, I give him his bow;
I scorn not the peasant, though ever so low;
But a club of good fellows, like those that are here,
And a bottle like this, are my glory and care.

Here passes the squire on his brother-his horse;
There centum per centum, the cit with his purse;
But see you the Crown how it waves in the air?
There a big-belly'd bottle still eases my care.

The wife of my bosom, alas! she did die;
for sweet consolation to church I did fly;
I found that old Solomon proved it fair,
That a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care.

I once was persuaded a venture to make;
A letter inform'd me that all was to wreck;
But the pursy old landlord just waddl'd upstairs,
With a glorious bottle that ended my cares.

"Life's cares they are comforts"-a maxim laid down
By the Bard, what d'ye call him, that wore the black gown;
And faith I agree with th' old prig to a hair,
For a big-belly'd bottle's a heav'n of a care.

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from Burns on Burns: Vol I, released January 24, 2018
Performed by Ryan Joseph Burns.
Backing vocals by Matthew and Patrick Burns.

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Ryan Joseph Burns Glasgow, UK

Ryan Joseph Burns is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and producer born in Glasgow.

Burns has always written and developed his own music and has built his own studio in which to record and produce it.

As he continues to develop as a heartfelt lyricist, and producer, he has finally released his long-awaited, debut album ‘Absence’. ... more

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