---
title: "Bannocks o’ Bear Meal"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1794"
location: "Dumfries"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/bannocks-o-bear-meal/"
---

# Bannocks o’ Bear Meal

## Poem
*Chorus*  
Bannocks o’ bear meal,  
Bannocks o’ barley,  
Here’s to the Highlandman’s  
Bannocks o’ barley!

Wha, in a brulyie, will  
First cry a parley?  
Never the lads wi’ the  
Bannocks o’ barley,

*Chorus*  
Bannocks o’ bear meal,  
Bannocks o’ barley,  
Here’s to the Highlandman’s  
Bannocks o’ barley!

Wha, in his wae days,  
Were loyal to Charlie?  
Wha but the lads wi’ the  
Bannocks o’ barley!

*Chorus*  
Bannocks o’ bear meal,  
Bannocks o’ barley,  
Here’s to the Highlandman’s  
Bannocks o’ barley!

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/bannocks-o-bear-meal/