A Man's a Man for A' That

"Is There for Honest Poverty", commonly known as "A Man's a Man for A' That", is a 1795Scots song by Robert Burns, famous for its expression of egalitarian ideas of society, which may be seen as expressing the ideas of liberalism that arose in the 18th century.

Scottish folksinger Sheena Wellington sang the song at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in May, 1999. The song was also sung at the funeral of Donald Dewar, the inaugural First Minister of Scotland. It is also known in translations into other European languages, for example the German "Trotz alledem und alledem" by Ferdinand Freiligrath right after the Revolution of 1848 (sung by Hannes Wader as "Trotz alledem").

The words "pride o' worth" appear on the crest of the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

The line "The rank is but the guinea's stamp" is misquoted by Bertie Wooster in Indian Summer of an Uncle as "...the rank is but the penny stamp". He is corrected (as ever) by Jeeves.

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