(MacKenzie / Will Fyffe) 

 [bad word] 
 It's twelve and a tanner a bottle
 That's what it's costin' today
 Twelve and a tanner a bottle
 Man it tak's a' your pleasure away
 Afore ye can hae a wee drappie
 You have to spend a' that you've got
 How can a fella be happy
 When happiness costs such a lot

 It's really high time something is done
 To alter the way the country [bad word]  They're no daein' things the way that they should
 Just take for instance the price of the food

 There's taxes on this, taxes on that
 While the people grow lean, the officials grow fat
 You have to admit it's a bit underhand
 Puttin' a tax on the breath of the land

 I used to meet old pals o' mine
 When whisky was cheap, went doon like wine
 Noo I don't see them I'm sorry to tell
 I slip roon' the corner and drink by masel'

 (as sung by Hamish Imlach)