An orchestra, if it is no richt, can mak' my best song sound foolish and like the singing o' some one who dinna ken ane note of music frae the next.

So I'm dependent on the musicians--and they on me.

And then there maun be stage hands, to set the scenes.

Folk wouldna like it if I sang in a theatre wi'oot scenery.

There maun be those that sell tickets, and tak' them at the doors, and ushers to show the folk their seats.
And e'en before a'body comes tae the hoose to pay his siller for a ticket there's others I'm dependent upon.